The Canal Murders

A Yorkshire Murder Mystery, Book 10

By: J. R. Ellis

Narrated by: Michael Page

Life moves at a slower pace on the canals. But death always comes when you least expect it.

The last thing DS Stephanie Johnson and DS Andy Carter expected during their much-needed canal holiday was a murder. When retired folk musician Annie Shipton is found stabbed through the neck at the helm of her barge, the couple can’t help investigating the seemingly impossible crime. Nobody else boarded Annie’s boat—so how was she killed from behind?

With the method a perplexing mystery, DCI Oldroyd is summoned from Harrogate, and it’s not long before the detectives have a long list of potential suspects with a motive to want Annie dead. There’s the young cyclist she argued with over access to the towpath, an ambitious and arrogant local developer she clashed with repeatedly, an estranged husband…and more than a few lingering issues with her former bandmates, most of whom live along the canal.

When a second murder sends shockwaves through the community, the locals start talking about a curse on the waterway. It seems the killer will go to any lengths to avoid detection. But can Oldroyd hunt them down before someone else becomes the next target?

©2024 J. R. Ellis (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

I love this series

I love this audio series it is very good. The story and narrator does a really good job.

Another wonderful book

Keep writing! I really loves these stories! This is the second one I didn't know who did. Major twist at the end I didn't see coming! Keep them coming

Another top notch puzzler of a mystery with DCI Oldroyd

You learn so much about an area when reading JR Ellis' fascinating, descriptive puzzlers. Detective Chief Inspector Oldroyd is a thinker, of the deep sort. And he absolutely loves Yorkshire.

The characters you encounter alongside DCI Oldroyd are so well developed by the Author and artistically voiced by Michael Page that you feel you are right there in the story yourself.

I love these novels by JR Ellis.

Book ten a winner

DCI Jim Oldroyd and his team, what more could you ask for if you enjoy this series. Mystery includes interesting background material on the history of canals and the role the long boats play currently. Love the conclusion with Jim and daughter. My only complaint regards narration. Ordinarily i really like Michael Page, but this time I had trouble following the characters, especially with Oldroyd and his buddy the local DI. I was never sure which one was doing the interview.

Always suspenseful

Another classs from DI. Always keeps me on my toes and guessing. You never know who’s it’s going to be.