Ritual Crime Unit: Disturbed Earth by E. E. Richardson

256 Pages
Publisher: Rebellion, Abaddon
Release Date: April 7, 2015

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Sci Fi, Fantasy, British

DCI Claire Piece of the North Yorkshire Police department has just returned from medical leave. It is difficult for her being is a male dominate field in a supernatural department. On her first day back, she stops by the lab and finds an enchanted lantern has begun to send out a signal. There are also Druids protesting the sale of ancestral land.

When skulls are uncovered, no one knows what to expect. Di Dawson calls a necromancer to connect to the dead. The necromancer becomes possessed and the next day is found dead, an apparent victim of suicide. At another side, a wereanimal attacks the informant. Without another lead, DCI Pierce is afraid of what will happen next. She contacts Dr. Moss, an expert in the supernatural. She tells. Her an event is coming that cannot be stopped. That does not sound positive to DCI Pierce.

When I began reading this book, I immediately pictured Ann Cleeves’ detective Vera Stanhope. Although Claire is younger than Vera, their strong characters traits are similar. Although I did not read any of the other books in the series, I enjoyed reading this book. If you like British police mysteries but with a magical twist, you may enjoy reading this story.

For some reason my review of this book got stuck in cyberspace, so I'll republish it again today.

Ritual Crime Unit: Disturbed Earth is the second book in the Ritual Crime Unit series. This paranormal police tale is set in Britain (North Yorkshire) and the lead is DCI Claire Pierce, who just returned to work after being injured in the line of duty.

With a possible ritual murder on her hands as well as some weird artefacts and a self named necromancer she has to work fast to stop whoever is behind the murder before it's too late.

I really enjoyed this book as it combines police work and the paranormal, something I haven't seen done before a whole lot. It makes for a nice change of reading as well as some really good relate able characters without losing too much of its believeability as the story is set in today's world and not a fictive land.

4 out of 5 stars from me.