Murder In Hexham by Martyn Taylor ISBN B0FS6RKW7T instant download

Murder In Hexham by Martyn Taylor ISBN B0FS6RKW7T instant download

Lawrence Mains is rich — and ready to vanish. The property tycoon has his retirement planned out and it means leaving the country.

But days before he plans to disappear, he’s found dead in a remote Northumberland forest, his body blown apart by a shotgun.

DI Pen Darling quickly finds that Mains had plenty of enemies, with no shortage of motives. His retirement plan rested on cutting his business partners out of lucrative deals and the only relationship he had with his sons was when they needed money.

And his estranged wife stands to inherit everything . . .

Pen knows that someone in this tangle of enemies, lovers and family was desperate enough to kill.

And Lawence Mains might just be their first victim.

THE SETTING

Northumberland is a place of contrasts — from the bleak, windswept moors where the heather bends under a relentless sky, to the tight-knit villages where everyone knows everyone else’s secrets. Stone farmhouses crouch against the weather, isolated and silent, while just a short drive away Newcastle thrums with neon, money, and menace. It is a region where old grudges linger as long as the peat bogs hold their secrets — and where murder feels as much a part of the landscape as the shifting mist.