Steven Crossley
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A skeleton buried on a lonely Northumberland hill?
Nothing wrong with that. Garrigill was once an ancient burial ground.
Archaeologist Rena Williams is here to excavate the site. She is an old friend of Arnold's. And with his help, her team have uncovered more than a few old bones already.
But never like this.
The bludgeoned skull, the modern dental work... nothing about this death feels accidental. Or even all that old.
Who was the dead man, and...
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Meet Arnold Landon, mild-mannered history buff turned amateur sleuth. Murder in the Barn marks the beginning of an addictive new series, featuring an unlikely hero whose passions run deep.
IT STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PLANNING REQUEST …
Rampton Farm, Northumberland, has always been a gloomy, godforsaken place. Now it's earmarked for demolition-to make way for just another tawdry amusement park. It will be progress, and nothing can stand in the way-except...
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Arnold Landon can't help but feel drawn to Oldham Manor, an atmospheric medieval house in the middle of nowhere.
When he is invited to catalogue the library there, he jumps at the chance. The place is a maze of musty old papers and books.
And that's not all. Late one night, he stumbles on a secret passage, twisting deep under the ground. Where will it take him? And why was it walled up?
When a stranger turns up dead in a ditch, Landon begins to...
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Two lovers murdered in a midnight tryst.
Late one night, Lynne Anderson reveals to her lover that she has something to tell him. And it's not just pillow talk. But before she can spill her shocking secrets, a shooter silences her and her lover for ever.
A colleague who vanishes without a trace.
Meanwhile, her husband Kevin Anderson has disappeared, leaving behind only a partial report on the ancient tower houses he and Arnold Landon are reviewing....
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A twisted MO torn straight from the history books.
Arnold Landon steps out with his lady friend, hunting for relics on the deserted dig site where he works. Before long, they stumble on something under a bridge. The mangled remains of Arnold's fellow historian.
His chest gapes open, his insides arranged in a pair of bloody wings.
Arnold's no expert, but he knows a bloodeagle when he sees one-the handiwork of a berserker warrior. Mad with blood...
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Author Ken Andrews is never at home to callers. He has one purpose in life. His book. But someone is determined it will never see the light of day …
Andrews is found dead in his own living room. His head blown to bloody smithereens. Who will finish what the dead man started? The publisher turns to Arnold Landon. And why wouldn't he pick up the mantle? Everyone tells him it's safe. The police have their man for Andrews' killing. But the closer Landon...
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Arnold Landon finds himself drawn into another bitter dispute over land—in which a defenseless old woman pays the ultimate price.
To the casual observer, Penbrook Farm might seem like a ramshackle hovel, buried deep in the woods of Northumberland.
But to fragile old Sarah Ellis, it's home. And the developers can have the place over her dead body.
Of course, no one ever expected it to come to that...
Least of all Arnold Landon, the peaceable...