I feel like the first few books had a bit more grit and interesting crimes to solve, whereas now the main focus is on the relationships between the characters with a very thinly plotted mystery in the background. The question is whether the problems with the village's water supply caused his death and did Eco-protestor kill himself because he felt guilty for Fred's death? Granted, these are part of everyday life and so I can understand them being included, but it seemed a shame to me that, in a place of such amazing ancient history, these allusions to contemporary life were given so much focus. Weirdly, Ross seemed more interested in mocking environmental activists and veganism, which seem to be less about the characters' opinions and more about Ross's own thoughts on these matters.

She needs to find herself again, and seeks help from an unlikely source, but she's given leave to deal with her feelings.

I would have liked to hear more about the Well, the village of Holystone, The ancient Pagan and Christian past, and the surrounding landscape. When I settle down with these stories I feel like I’m just catching up with some old friends, they’re absolutely wonderful characters and having learnt so much about them along the journey of these mysteries, I feel like I actually know them. With another death, which could be suicide, the team have got to work hard and quickly to get to the bottom of just what is going on. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. One in particular shocked me to the core and I could feel my jaw dropping more than a few times as I raced through the pages.

He was belligerent, bellicose, and totally contrary, but did someone dislike him to the point they would want to kill him? I have a feeling all will be revealed in the next one, which I will still read as I am invested in the characters now. To put it mildly, after reading what seemed to be several pages of self-justification and self-congratulation, I was pretty sure that the author must self-publish.The plot, the treatment of the characters, the style, the language have little in common with all the other books of the series.