THE FELLS

DISCOVER AN ELECTRIFYING NEW CRIME SERIES FROM A BESTSELLING AUTHOR. 

What everyone is saying about Cath Staincliffe: 

“A real knockout.” Ian Rankin 
“One of the best police procedurals I’ve read this year.” Ann Cleeves
“A star in the firmament of British crime fiction.” Big Issue
“Mercilessly exciting.” Daily Telegraph 

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A missing woman. A cold case. A dark secret, buried deep beneath the Yorkshire Dales. 

Summer 1997. Vicky Mott slips out the door of her remote stone cottage, and into the pale dawn light. She won’t wake her friends. Not after the night they just had. 

She scrawls a note, her hand trembling with excitement. Gone to see the sun rise. V xxx 

That’s the last anyone ever hears from vibrant twenty-year-old Vicky. 

Everyone warned her. Of the predator stalking the lush green fells. Convicted killer Terence Bielby. He strangled three hikers before he got to Vicky. Now he has her blood on his hands, too. 

It’s only a matter of time until the evidence surfaces . . . 

2019. A human skeleton is discovered in a dark and treacherous cave beneath the Dales. The final resting place of Vicky Mott?  

Detectives Leo Donovan and Shan Young think they’ve found the key to this decades-old mystery. But every answer they unearth only leads to more questions. 

All Donovan’s instincts tell him that, this time, Bielby’s innocent. 

But if the Fellside Strangler didn’t do it, then who? 

The truth is darker than the twisty network of caves beneath the detectives’ feet. 

**Cath Staincliffe has been shortlisted six times for the prestigious CWA Daggers.** 

Fans of Rachel McLean, Angela Marsons, D.S. Butler, Lynda La Plante, Rebecca Bradley and Caro Ramsay are sure to be hooked from the first page to the shocking final twist. 

PRAISE FOR CATH STAINCLIFFE: 

“Such a good writer.” The Times 

“Powerful, complex and utterly gripping.” Sunday Mirror 

“Ripped from the headlines and totally scary.” Irish Independent 

“Real suspense.” The Guardian 

“A swift, satisfying read.” City Life 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “An absolutely cracking read, fast paced, absolutely believable, I loved this DCI and found myself rooting for her.” Pinkmouse 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Good characters and a tangled story.” Jack 

THE DETECTIVES 
Detective Leo Donovan is a veteran of the Yorkshire force. A true empath, he’s happily married, but prone to low mood and bouts of arthritis. Compassion motivates him, and a need to see justice done in a flawed world that is seldom fair. Leo’s wayward son drives him to distraction, but working with his partner Shan is a breath of fresh air. 

Detective Shan Young is a rising star of Leo’s team. She lands her first case as detective while pregnant. Not that she’s fazed by it. A salt-of-the-earth Yorkshire lass with Chinese heritage, she often feels caught between two cultures — something which makes her appreciate Leo all the more, as a mentor and a friend. 

THE SETTING 
Welcome to the Yorkshire Dales, an untamed landscape of fells and valleys, waterfalls and ruined barns, deep, dark caves and windswept limestone pavements. Farming and mining have shaped these remote hills over the centuries. But what secrets lie buried beneath the spectacularly beautiful surface? 

ALSO BY CATH STAINCLIFFE 
DETECTIVES DONOVAN & YOUNG 
Book 1: THE FELLS 

DETECTIVE JANINE LEWIS MYSTERIES 
Book 1: BLUE MURDER 
Book 2: HIT AND RUN 
Book 3: MAKE BELIEVE 
Book 4: DESPERATE MEASURES 

STANDALONE 
THE LOST GIRLS OF ST ANN’S