The Bangor Cathedral Killings

A brutal murder in one of North Wales’s most sacred places. A victim with more secrets than anyone imagined. And a killer hiding in plain sight.

When the body of Canon Alun Griffiths is discovered inside Bangor Cathedral, DI Ruth Hunter is called to investigate.

The respected clergyman has been strangled, his body left beside the pews in the ancient cathedral. There is no sign of forced entry and nothing appears to have been stolen.

This was no random attack.

Someone wanted Alun Griffiths dead.

But who?

As Ruth and her partner DS Nick Evans begin to investigate the Canon’s seemingly respectable life, they discover that all was not as peaceful as it appeared.

A troubled former soldier had been seen hanging around the cathedral in the days before the murder. Alun’s son has become mixed up with a violent local drug dealer. And then there is Alun’s wife, Carys, who may have been keeping secrets of her own.

Soon Ruth and her team find themselves pulled in several different directions, with each new discovery producing another suspect and another possible motive.

But someone is lying.

And when the investigation begins to expose secrets buried within the close-knit cathedral community, Ruth realises that the truth about Alun Griffiths may be far darker than anyone was prepared to admit.

Because sometimes the people we trust most are the ones we know least.

And someone in Bangor has already killed to keep the truth hidden.

Set against the atmospheric landscape of North Wales, THE BANGOR CATHEDRAL KILLINGS is the gripping twenty-fourth instalment in Simon McCleave’s multi-million-selling DI Ruth Hunter crime thriller series.

Perfect for fans of LJ Ross, JD Kirk, Rachel McLean and Ann Cleeves.