Angel: A DCI Ryan Mystery (The DCI Ryan Mysteries Book 4)

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The DCI Ryan Mysteries are set in Northumberland, which is a region of England that the author is particularly familiar with, given that she grew up there. Thinking of a creative venture that would take her away from her job, she fell pregnant with her son. The body of a redheaded woman has been found buried in a shallow grave and the killer has given her wings, like an angel. Her novels have been successful, proving that authors don't need a publisher to find their place in the readers' hearts.

I agree with one reader who said they would make a great TV drama series – Another Morse in the making. She is a relative newcomer to the mystery and thriller genre, with her debut novel released only in 2015, yet, LJ Ross took the fiction world by storm. She attended Darras Hall primary school, then Dame Allan’s School in Farnham, and then and Central Newcastle High School. M. Kaye whose novel Far Pavillions she read for hours at a time enchanted by the vivid descriptions and the romance.

This frees her from working out deals with publishers and agents, with paying them and getting less money due to printing overheads.

Released a few years ago, this thrilling title plunges readers into a chilling murder investigation right in the heart of the United Kingdom. But when just before Christmas a woman has been murdered, he has to get back on the job to solve the new crime.The lead protagonist in the novels is DCI Ryan, who unlike most of his contemporaries such as DCI Vera Stanhope or DCI Kate Daniels, does not have to navigate the dirty back lanes or sleazy basements of the large cities. While she will always be a northerner at heart, she currently lives with her husband and their son in Bath on the outskirts of London where she spends her days writing her detective mysteries.

A few days into his sabbatical, the tranquility is broken when the body of a young woman is discovered abandoned on the ruins of the nearby monastery buildings. Book 10 Frank doesn’t smoke and has been married 6 months , book 11 he’s having a cigarette and still why with makenzie! The writing was sublime, the characters so vivid and the beautiful Northumbrian coast described with such a passion that only a true Northerner can conjure.Even as the settings are a character in themselves, the novels are by no means a tourist guide to the locality as the stories are more about the characters that populate the novels. She also traveled to Sorbonne in Paris and in Florence to study further in legal training, as she considered having a well-rounded education crucial in life.