The Severn Reckoning
This book was previously published as Before She Falls.
The Black Squid is back — and it’s learned new tricks.
Ryegrove Hospital was meant to keep people safe. Instead, it hid the truth for seventeen years.
As Anna Gwynne digs into a pair of suspicious deaths long written off as suicides, she uncovers a grotesque collaboration between clinicians, manipulators, and an online phenomenon that turns cruelty into entertainment. The deeper she goes, the clearer it becomes: the Black Squid didn’t corrupt the system — it exploited one already broken.
Tense, disturbing, and brutally topical, The Severn Reckoning is a crime thriller about control, complicity, and what happens when safeguarding becomes camouflage.
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Rhys Dylan
Rhys Dylan lives on the edge of the Black mountains of Wales with his wife and a dog who doesn't like the rain. Though he has written books for children and adults under different pen names in other genres, the Black Beacons Murder Mystery series sees him return to crime and his love of Celtic noir and dark humor. He hopes readers will find a brief escape from a very troubled world inside the stories. He does not expect to get rich as an author, but as someone once famously said, money can't buy you love, but it can get you some great chocolate digestives.
Also writes as Dylan Young, D. C. Farmer, and Rhys A. Jones.
Detective Anna Gwynne Crime Thrillers
Detective Anna Gwynne Crime Thrillers consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
