Cragside: A DCI Ryan Mystery (The DCI Ryan Mysteries Book 6)

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Am well and truly into my DCI Ryan catch up marathon now and Cragside is the 6 th outing for the team. I feel like I’ve really gotten to know these characters over this series, they’re so realistic and you can’t help caring for them. I really connected with these characters especially Phillips and MacKenzie, who have also been through a rough time in previous books.

Built against a craggy hillside, the aptly named, majestic Cragside residence is famous for being the first house in the world to have been lit by hydroelectricity, back in the 1800s, using water from the lakes on the estate. There aren't any intimate details given, but I'm the kind of reader that really just wants present to focus on the present. And this time I really was, as I noticed a certain Jen Lucas making an appearance in a rather different role to her usual blogger extraordinaire!Atrodo kad tarpusavyje tvyrantis atvirumas ir pasitikėjimas padeda išnarplioti žmogžudystės, kurios šį kartą siautėjo dvare. After his climactic battle with notorious serial killer The Hacker, DCI Ryan is spending the summer with his fiancée within the grounds of Cragside, a spectacular Bavarian-style mansion surrounded by acres of woodland. Cragside sounds like a beautiful place, even though Ryan and his team are investigating a murder Ross still manages to bring Cragside alive and sound wonderful, I could really visualise the surroundings as if I was there inside the book. Whilst attending a Victorian Murder Mystery event up at the main house the body of one of the staff is found after what initially appears to have been a tragic accident.

I’m not sure if it’s because the story centres around a big house or not but it had a feel of an Agatha Christie novel. The evening turns into a real whodunit with a definite period feel when the house is plunged into darkness, and the body of Victor, the owner’s valet and one of the attendees is found at the bottom of a staircase. In a clever and unexpected twist, the second is someone who could potentially pose a threat, just as Ryan’s personal life is coming together.

Still reeling from the investigation into The Hacker, when we meet Ryan in Cragside, he and Anna are holed up on a country estate as it was the easiest option until they can find somewhere to live.