The Lonely Lake Killings
A lonely recluse. A missing girl and a community in fear.
When the body of a young local girl is found next to an isolated lake, the main suspect is the old recluse who has lived next to the lake for many years – especially when the young girl’s purse is found on the old man’s doorstep.
But DCI Emma Gardner and her partner DI Paul Riddick aren’t so sure. Why would the old hermit leave such an obvious clue? And who would want to set the old man up?
As they dig deeper into the murder they discover a community in fear, determined to keep hold of long buried secrets. And Riddick is convinced that his own dark past is somehow linked to this crime, too.
Gardner fears that she may never get the answers she needs, until a break leads her down a path she’d rather not face. One that runs directly to her own front door…
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Wes Markin
Wes Markin is a bestselling British crime author and creator of the DCI Yorke novels set in Salisbury, the Yorkshire Murders series featuring the unflinching DCI Emma Gardner, and the dark, haunting Whitby’s Forgotten Victims books led by DCI Frank Black. His twist-filled stories blend gritty realism with emotional depth, exploring how ordinary lives are shattered by extraordinary crimes against the atmospheric backdrops of Salisbury, North Yorkshire and the wild North Sea coast. Now the author of more than twenty-five novels across multiple series, Wes lives in Harrogate with his wife and two children, not far from some of his fictional murder scenes
The Yorkshire Murders
The Yorkshire Murders consists of eight books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
