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The Nidderdale Murders (A Yorkshire Murder Mystery Book 5) by [J. R. Ellis]

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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. 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?

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20 Aug. 2020
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John R. Ellis has lived in Yorkshire for most of his life and has spent many years exploring Yorkshire’s diverse landscapes, history, language and communities. He recently retired after a career in teaching, mostly in further education in the Leeds area. In addition to the Yorkshire Murder Mystery series, he writes poetry, ghost stories and biography. He has completed a screenplay about the last years of the poet Edward Thomas and a work of faction about the extraordinary life of his Irish mother-in-law. He is currently working on his memoirs of growing up in a working-class area of Huddersfield in the 1950s and 1960s.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0847NMGY9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (20 Aug. 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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I have lived in Yorkshire for most of my life and write murder mysteries set in the varied landscapes and communities of the county. I began writing after I retired from a teaching career, mostly in further education. I am a member of a writers' group in Otley near Leeds and we publish anthologies of our work. I also write poetry and short stories, coming second in both categories at the 2018 Saltaire Writer's Competition. I am interested in biographical writing and am working on my memoirs of growing up in Huddersfield in the 1950s and 1960s and on researching the extraordinary life of my Irish mother-in-law whose son was sent to Australia as part of the child migrant scheme

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Nidderdale

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2020

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A nice detective novel. More a pleasant read than a gripping page turner. I do like the authors obvious love for the Yorkshire countryside. I love roaming the Dales and Moors and with the descriptive prose, can visualise the scenes as they unfold. The characters do seem to be from another era but this does give them some charm rather than them being brash and objectionable. This book would suit readers looking for a whodunit rather than street gangs, guns and car chases.

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A thought provoking "whodunnit" in a beautiful setting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2020

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This is the 5th in a series of novels by J R Ellis. All are set in the Yorkshire Dales and the central character is Detective Chief Inspector Oldroyd. The books are all murder mysteries. I would classify them as good old fashioned "whodunnits" and I mean that as a compliment. They are in the same vein as Agatha Christie in that at the heart of each story is a puzzle - how on earth was the murder carried out? There is a seemingly unsolvable puzzle which Oldroyd has to solve. I suppose Oldroyd is the Hercule Poirot of the Yorkshire Dales! I enjoy this type of novel and I have enjoyed all 5 books in the series. There is no over the top blood and gore and no unnecessary bad language. The story is all about the intellectual challenge of solving the puzzle and I enjoy trying to follow the clues and solving it myself. Oldroyd is also a very honourable character while remaining likeable. I also like the setting in the Yorkshire Dales. I live in Scotland but have holidayed in the Dales on a number of occasions and it is an area which I love and know reasonably well. I was familiar with many of the places mentioned in the novel which made it even more interesting. My only minor grumble is that the author doesn't always abide by the golden rule for authors - "Don't tell - show". Instead of showing what a great detective and honourable man Oldroyd is, the author is inclined to have other characters tell us how great he is. This sometimes feels like preaching and can jar. However apart from this, I enjoyed this book and will buy the next in the series when it is eventually released. It occurred to me that this series of books would make a great tv series. If you love Vera, Morse etc, etc - you would enjoy this.

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Jo March

Intriguing plot and likeable characters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 December 2020

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I enjoy reading the series and like the main character of Oldroyd. I appreciate that the tales are neither too 'cosy' but at the same time we do not have the perpetual cliches of broken relationships and deeply flawed heroes on the part of the detectives, although the first in the series did seem to be heading that way until Oldroyd and Andy settled their separate 'baggage' from lives before the series. The interest in the novels in front and centre the solving of a crime (or two). The plots are always ingenious and not too predictable but I do find it constantly irritating that the author does so much 'telling' instead of 'showing'. There are too many adverbs an not enough strong and precise verbs, we are told of every inflection and thought and repeatedly reminded what the characters know and understand/feel about each other. There are subtler ways of showing this and it feels a bit amateur. He also cannot resist interspersed lectures on topics of interest related to the plot which are a bit heavy handed, as is the way some of the red herrings are introduced into the story. Ellis is very prone to end chapters with a weightily emphasised cryptic comment like a very pronounced wink at the audience. I love the countryside setting, a part of the world I used to visit on holidays and I like that there are strong and above all sensible female characters included, although they appear still rather as foils to the male actors. One last little grumble is that as the daughter of a chef, I cannot believe a good cook would have served a hunting party with grouse caught that day. Game birds need to hang for at least 24 hours before being cooked and many cooks hang them for longer. Grouse also take quite a lot of preparation , and as you would need at least one between two diners that would have taken a much bigger kitchen brigade than indicated so that bit of the story lost me, and as the the Dog and Gun is supposed to be renowned for its food, it was an important detail. Despite my carping, please note I have read all five of the series so far, so Ellis is doing something very right!

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Donny Rock

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2020

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This is the fifth in The Yorkshire Moors Murders. And it shows! There's a lot of what I would call careless writing/editing, e.g. serving grouse on the same day it had been shot. The plot is implausible. But despite the implausibility, I found it a compelling read, if only to verify what I thought. There are plenty of red herrings to distract from the culprit. But an alert reader will cotton on to the clues as they present.

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Disappointingly poor, heading for the recycling as I wouldn't inflict it on a charity shop

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 October 2020

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This book is based in a rural setting but is clearly written by someone with absolutely no knowledge of the realalities of the rural way of life. In fact the author appeared somewhat disapproving of traditional ways of rural life. If you are of a rural persuasion this book will anger you, if not avoid anyway as it is very poorly written and inconsistent in details to the point of being comedic. Best avoided unfortunately unless you want a laugh at how poorly written it is.

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Lindy Miller

Some great characters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2020

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I love these Oldroyd books set in Yorkshire. I live in West Yorkshire and it's great to follow stories which show the wonderful Yorkshire countryside to it's superb extent. This time D. D I. OLDROYD sets upon an undertaking to start writing which he enjoyed when younger. His first attempt at a poem is fabulous. As a creative writer myself, this element of the latest book really grabbed my attention. As always, an interesting thriller which has the team puzzling. I kind of got the outcome, because I recognised some of the literary references. But it's still a very enjoyable book and I read the series with great pleasure. More please! Oh, and I'm not sure I like Deborah, his health conscious partner. I would love to see these detectives with more flamboyant, laissez faire love interests. They all seem to be such goody two shoes, intent on changing their men! Otherwise, some great characters, I really like the two Sgts and perhaps another DC could arrive to unsettle their blissful life policing in gorgeous Yorkshire?

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