Murder in York by J.R. EllisMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
DCI Oldroyd is in York attending a residential conference on modern policing. For a bit of light relief he decides to spend the evening in York town centre and join a walking ghost tour to dind out more about the history of this Roman settlement.
Unfortunately, the night turns rather more ghoulish than planned when the tour discovers a dead body in one of York's narrow alleyways. The victim, Henry Marlow, is a wealthy landlord in the area. A self-made man, Marlow is also a miser and has had numerous run-ins with his tenants, the council, and local charities about the way he fails to maintain his properties. Throw an ex-wife, her new boyfriend, and a disgruntled PA into the mix and there are plenty of suspects.
With DCI Oldroyd and Andy temporarily attached to York police station to help with the investigation (and get out of the seminar), things are progressing slowly, but as the body count starts mounting, was the motive hatred of Marlow, or is there a serial killer loose on the run-up to Christmas?
I thoroughly enjoyed this, Oldroyd's more irritating characteristics have been toned down (eg his habit of making up acronyms) and there was an impressive array of potential suspects paraded before the reader to muddy the waters.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.
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