The Whitby Murders, J. R. Ellis
The Whitby Murders, J. R. Ellis
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The Whitby Murders

Author: J. R. Ellis

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/27/2021

Synopsis

A murder with three witnesses. But one of them doesn’t believe what she saw…Halloween, Whitby. DCI Jim Oldroyd’s daughter Louise is in town with friends for a goth festival. But their visit to an escape room ends in bloody murder when one of the group stabs his girlfriend and flees the scene. It’s a crime with three witnesses—but Louise refuses to take what she saw at face value.Oldroyd and DS Carter are called in to solve the case, assisted from the sidelines by Louise. But the closer they investigate, the more complex the web of deceit appears. This is no straightforward crime of passion.With a violent murderer on the loose, it’s only a matter of time before they strike again. And this time it’s personal. Oldroyd must expose the truth, protect his daughter and stop the horror before it’s too late.

About J. R. Ellis

John R. Ellis has lived in Yorkshire for most of his life and has spent many years exploring Yorkshire’s diverse landscapes, history, language and communities. He recently retired after a career in teaching, mostly in further education in the Leeds area. In addition to the Yorkshire Murder Mystery series, he writes poetry, ghost stories and biography. He has completed a screenplay about the last years of the poet Edward Thomas and a work of faction about the extraordinary life of his Irish mother-in-law. He is currently working on his memoirs of growing up in a working-class area of Huddersfield in the 1950s and 1960s.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on June 23, 2021

The Whitby Murders is the sixth in J.R. Ellis's Yorkshire Murder Mysteries series featuring D.C.I. Jim Oldroyd. This instalment takes place during the (real life) Whitby Goth Weekend, a goth-themed festival based in the picturesque coastal town of Whitby, and timed to coincide with Hallowe'en. As ma......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on May 20, 2021

2.5 stars rounded up (and I'm afraid I'm being generous here) The town of Whitby, England, makes the most of its connection to the Dracula legend and holds a Goth Weekend each year just before Halloween. Five young friends arrive from London and have reservations to take part in an escape room with a......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on May 26, 2021

The Whitby Murders is the sixth instalment in the Yorkshire Murder Mystery series featuring DCI Jim Oldroyd of Harrogate Police. Set against the backdrop of the seaside town of Whitby, Yorkshire, where the ruined Gothic Whitby Abbey was Bram Stoker’s inspiration for “Dracula” after he took regular h......more

Goodreads review by Kate on December 29, 2021

This was an excellent police procedural which touches the soul. What a charming and refreshing mystery this was. I was captivated by the Whitby setting, famous for its Bram Stoker, "Dracula" connection. The story is set in mid October during a Goth-themed weekend. There's a group of friends which en......more

Goodreads review by Michael on May 09, 2021

I had read the first two of Ellis’s “Yorkshire Murder Mystery” series, and they were pretty good, especially for a first-time novelist. But this is the sixth one installment, which came as an ARE, so I’ve skipped three books -- and I honestly don’t quite know what to make of it. By the time an autho......more

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