Very enjoyable book with well done interesting characters, a good and believable plot and lots of delightful details regarding the settings. Highly recommend, from a very picky reader. If you like English characters and settings, this book is a winner.

This was the first book that I have read by this author, although part of a series I enjoyed it as a stand alone. An unexpected murder of a retired judge is witnessed by a young woman who works as a barmaid in the local pub. She is obviously shocked and even more so because she recognised the man who pulled the trigger. I found the book a very easy read, no gratuitous violence or bad language which I don't object to in the right setting but I'm aware that some people are offended by it.

Another enjoyable installment from the author. The plot was interesting and engaging, and it took a while to guess the twist. Discovered J R Ellis via Kindle Unlimited and happy to keep following new books.

Very well written mystery with a good setting in rural Yorkshire
The solution seem a open and shut, but of course isn’t, and the ending provides a real twist
Characters, including the Chief Inspector, are very appealing, and the portrait of the beauty of Yorkshire makes me want to put it on my list of places to go!

#TheNidderdaleMurders #NetGalley
J R Ellis has done it again.
A retired judge is shot dead outside the Dog and Gun inn in the remote Yorkshire village of Niddersgill. There’s a witness who saw everything, and the gunman’s on the run; the case should be open-and-shut for DCI Jim Oldroyd. But the murderer had no motive for wanting Sandy Fraser dead and, what’s more, no trace of him can be found.
As Oldroyd and his team cast the net wider, they discover that Fraser wasn’t without enemies in Niddersgill. As the wealthy owner of a grouse moor, he’d clashed with farmers, debtors, hunt saboteurs and blackmailers. But none of them were at the scene of the murder. And when a local shopkeeper is gunned down in a second senseless attack, it’s clear that these killings are anything but random.
Surrounded by the dramatic beauty of the Yorkshire Dales, Oldroyd faces a race against time to connect the crimes and find who’s behind them. But with all the evidence sending him down dead ends, can he get one step ahead before someone else is killed?
Narration of the story is good and so are its characters. J R Ellis has given another thriller
Thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for giving me an advance copy of this awesome thriller.

In a Yorkshire Dales village everyone has a motive for murder—except the killer.
A retired judge is shot dead outside the Dog and Gun inn in the remote Yorkshire village of Niddersgill.
This is a cozy mystery read.

This story really pulled me in from the first chapter. It's a great "who did it?" type of read.
I was very thrillerd when I was able to read this book and write my review on it.
The writing in this book just fabulous!

This is book is a solid 4.5 read.

Thank You!

Retired judge Sandy Fraser is shot dead outside the local pub. He's not a popular man locally. And there was a witness to his murder - but the number one suspect has vanished into thin air.

DCI Oldroyd has plenty of disgruntled locals, but nobody can be placed at the scene. And when the local shopkeeper is killed in an identical attack by a different perpetrator who also vanished. Oldroyd and his team really have their work cut out

Excellent, a real page turner

An enjoyable read and an interesting twist in the tale. I had no idea who did it until the end - the story pulls you in and keeps you guessing. Really good book

It is a decent Police Procedural, with reasonable and believable characters and a clever plot. It is certainly worth a wet afternoon read, even if it does not keep you up until 4am to finish it.

I enjoyed it and would happily read more by the author.

Murders in Yorkshire village. Detective Oldroyd has a witness who saw a murderer od retired judge but he had no motive to do it. And the old judge wasn't so innocent too. Many villagers had plenty of motives to kill him. And then another murder.

Classic "whodunnit" novel. I enjoyed the atmosphere and characters.