Condemned

DI Charley Mann is called when a deserted manor house scheduled to be demolished has been the target of an arson attack. As Charley goes through the abandoned manor, he finds two bodies ... murdered decades apart, in hidden rooms. The house has a dark history, but the present is even more taciturn. Wh......more

I absolutely loved Payback, the first book in the DI Charley Mann series, so couldn’t wait to see what the authors would bring to us next. Readers diving into this book first I don’t think will have any issues as the story itself is contained but would highly recommend reading the previous novel sol......more

The husband and wife writing team - R.C. Bridgestock - have once again delivered a police procedural thriller with an authentic edge Huddersfield, and the villages around it, on the West Yorkshire moors, is a place of rare beauty but when two bodies are found at the burnt-out mansion known as Crowne......more

I would like to thank Netgalley and Canelo for an advance copy of Condemned, the second novel to feature DI Charley Mann of the Doncaster Police. When Crownest, a large home due for demolition, goes up in flames, firefighters find two skeletons, one recent and one historical and both appear to have b......more

3.5* #2 in the DI Charley Mann series. Although it’s the first one that I’ve read. I like the book cover. A fire at Crownest a bleak abandoned Manor House as it is about to be demolished reveals two bodies who were murdered decades apart. At the start we are told some of the history of Crownest, whic......more