A Witch Hunt in Whitby By Author Helen Cox

The Kitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries Book 5

Paperback published by Quercus Books 19th August 2021

 

A serial killer is loose in Yorkshire and has claimed three victims in three months. Eleven days before each murder, a large purple V is painted on the front door of the victim’s house. The victims, all of whom have some association with the occult, are found drained of blood with two red marks on their neck.

When Ruby Barnett comes home one evening to find a large purple V on her front door, it becomes clear she is the so-called Vampire Killer’s next victim. Private Investigators Kitt Hartley and Grace Edwards have just eleven days to solve the mystery and save Ruby’s life. The clock is ticking…

 

 

MY REVIEW

I have read all of the Kitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries. I am so pleased Private Investigator Kitt Hartley is back. I enjoyed losing myself into Kitt Hartley’s investigation in A Witch Hunt in Whitby.

 

 

Investigator Kitt Hartley and Grace Edwards have their own Hartley and Edwards Detective Agency. Kitt Hartley has only 11days to solve a mystery and to save her friend Ruby.

In the quaint village of Orpington, on Ruby’s front door appeared a painted large purple V. Disturbingly the symbol V is the calling-card of a serial killer named Vampire Killer, who has claimed 3 victims already.

 

The serial killer was given his name the Vampire killer as the three he has already killed was found with two red marks on their necks like a vampire would do.

 

The Vampire Killer was one to be frightened off. I thought The Vampire killer looked like he was deliberately playing a deadly game with DI Malcolm Halloran and all in the police department in a chase to catch him as he left at the scenes his victims blood in jars.

DI Malcolm Halloran and Kitt Hartley will have to swirl fast into action to catch the Vampire Killer before he starts moving in to kill kitt’s friend Ruby.

Something else triggered off in another different line of investigation with one of the victims who ran a local coven and the other two women had links to the occult. I wondered if there was a link with occult why the Vampire killer chose these women to kill?

Can the police catch this Vampire Killer before it gets to Ruby ?

I recommend all of books in the mystery series by author Helen cox as any of the books in the series can be read as a standalone.

I love the mystery series by Helen Cox . My next read has to be book 6 A Body by the Lighthouse that’s published next year on the 3rd February 2022

MY SPECIAL THANKS TO

I would like to thank Quercus Books for sending me a printed paperback early to read and review and for inviting me to take part in the blog blast for A Witch Hunt in Whitby that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.

 

Praise for Helen Cox

‘Cozy and amusing’ – Irish Independent

‘Unique atmospheric charm’ – Woman

‘A good, well-written, holiday read by an experienced writer’ – The Yorkshire Times

‘Brilliantly funny and charming’ – Northern Life

‘A great read with smart characters and a clever plot’ – Candis

Helen Cox is a Yorkshire-born novelist and poet. After completing her MA in creative writing at the University of York St. John. Helen wrote for a range of magazines and websites as well as for TV and radio news. Helen has edited her own independent film magazine and penned three non-fiction books. Her first two novels were published by HarperCollins in 2016. She currently hosts The Poetrygram podcast and works for City Lit. She lives in Sunderland. 

More information about Helen can be found on her website: helencoxbooks.com or on Twitter: @Helenography.