Book Description
Now retired, Inspector Ramsay, of Miss Riddell Cozy Mysteries fame, has adopted a dog, Bracken, and taken to hiking the highest peaks of his native lands, Scotland and England.
In the English Lake District, he and Bracken aid a young woman to escape her pursuers. She's been held captive for days before escaping. Ramsay is puzzled by this because he's heard on the radio, and read in the local papers, only that she'd run away from home. Had the kidnappers not demanded a ransom? Or were her parents and the police keeping that quiet, hoping for someone to give them a lead on where she was being held? This last didn't sit right with Ramsay, but nor did the idea that the kidnappers hadn't asked for a ransom. Ramsay begins to investigate, only to have the young woman run away from him. What's going on here in the quiet English countryside?
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Reader Profile & Best Moment to Read
A cozy mystery with gentle humour for a clean and wholesome quiet read at the end of a busy day, relaxing on the beach or in the garden on a summer's day, curled up in front of the fire on a winter's day, or anywhere and anytime the reader wants to solve a mystery set in the English countryside and in the 1960s.
Themes, Ideas & Atmosphere
The story centres around a strange kidnapping and the events that follow from that. It touches on families, young love, a retired police officer, and an eager-to-help young dog.
If You Loved These, You'll Love This
If you liked Steve Higgs' Albert and Rex cozy mystery series, you'll like Ramsay and Bracken's adventures, but with less of the over-the-top humor. If you liked Midsomer Murders, you'll like Ramsay and Bracken's cozy style of detecting.
The Story Behind the Book
I've watched and read British mysteries all my life, from Agatha Christie and the Golden Age authors when I was young to Heartbeat, Morse, Lewis, and Midsomer Murders in the television age. I know this genre from the inside out, and I've set the stories in a time and place where I grew up. My stories are based on me and my love for mysteries.
The Central Question
I want readers to remember, or learn to love, the countryside of northern England in the 1960s, as I did and still do.