A man returns to the Vale of York, having made good in the outside world and now planning his retirement in a derelict house which he has bought and is renovating. When the time comes to clear the land around the house, he comes upon a skeleton buried in a pile of rubble; it turns out to be the body of a woman reported missing some 19 years earlier, from the very same house. DCI Hennessey and DS Yellich investigate, linking the skeleton to the disappearance of several other people over the years, the only commonality being a possible gold-digger who may indeed still be operating all these years later….This is the seventh Hennessey and Yellich novel and, like its predecessors, it’s notable for the strong sense of place and the economy of story-telling; Mr. Turnbull has a knack for creating memorable and likable characters, plots with many moving parts and a style of writing that shows the reader the events as they occur and then leaves it to him/her to ponder deeper meanings. The stories are framed in daily increments, each book covering approximately one week over the course of which a crime is discovered, investigated and solved. I really love this series, but have had difficulty finding all of the books in sequence; here’s hoping I find the next one soon! Recommended! ( )

quite good. maybe didn't need the addition of passover. ( )