THE DEVIL’S DICE
THIS is an impressive debut from a cambridge engineering graduate who became a lawyer before writing crime novels.
Her story features DI Meg Dalton, a newcomer to the force in the Peak District with a chequered past and a rebellious daughter.
a well-respected local solicitor is found dead in The Devil’s Dice, a network of caves rumoured to be haunted and a famous site for suicide. Is that the case here? The post-mortem isn’t conclusive — could it be murder? There are plenty of suspects with a motive.
added to the twisty mixture are some creepy inscriptions on the cave wall that seem to foretell the death — even though the carvings have been there for at least a