The Fells

Detectives Donovan & Young, Book 1

By: Cath Staincliffe

Narrated by: Laura Brydon, Mike Rogers, Kerry Bennett, Francesca Waite

Yorkshire Dales, Summer 1997. Vicky Mott slips out the door of her remote cottage, and into the pale dawn light. She scrawls a note for her friends.

Gone to see the sunrise. V xxx

That’s the last anyone ever hears from twenty-year-old music lover Vicky.

Another victim of the Fellside Strangler?

That would make Vicky the fourth young woman to lose her life this summer. Snatched by a mysterious killer who stalks the fells . . .

But Vicky’s body is never found.

2019. A skeleton is discovered in a twisty network of caves beneath the fells. Detectives Leo Donovan and Shan Young think they can finally give Vicky’s mother the closure she so desperately wants. After twenty long years of questions and anguish.

But the deeper they dig into the past, the less certain they become.

And nothing can prepare them for the shocking truth . . .©2024 Cath Staincliffe (P)2025 W. F. Howes Ltd.

Entertaining with a nice twist at the end

This is an above average start for a new series. We get to know DI Donovan and PC Young while they work to solve a cold case mystery. While I liked the detective team they both have angst in their personal lives and it is my hope it won't become a major theme in upcoming books. Donovan seems to be an especially kind mentor to his new PC. I gave it five stars because I truly enjoyed the ending.