Looking for a classic murder mystery from an acclaimed crime writer?

Discover Inspector Crow of Scotland Yard. Enjoy a beautifully told story from a time before smart phones and DNA testing. Full of twists and turns, this will have you gripped from start to finish.

THIS BOOK WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS “A RELATIVE DISTANCE.”

“Maintains his reputation as a star of the regional crime school.” Guardian

“A thorough, unpretentious and immensely solid piece of work with an interesting and likeable hero.” Times Literary Supplement

A BAFFLING MURDER IN THE STUNNING LANDSCAPE OF DARTMOOR

Fred Norman is found dead in a pond near the mining works of an American company which he worked for.

Detective Crow of Scotland Yard is called in and finds a local force unwilling to cooperate and a divided community.

Environmentalist groups and some local people oppose the mine. A fifteen-year-old-girl was run over in the village in a hit-and-run incident.

Suspicion soon falls upon womanising activist Jack Prince but Crow is aware that are many false trails — and too many lies.

Things become even more complicated when he learns a shocking secret about the dead girl.

A GRIPPING AND TIGHTLY TOLD STORY, SPRINKLED WITH ENOUGH RED HERRINGS TO DELIGHT THE MOST DEMANDING WHODUNIT FAN.

Set in England in the late 70s, this is the eighth book to feature Inspector John Crow. More coming soon.