One scorching summer evening, Commander Clive Cottinglea is returning home from the yacht club when he stumbles across a body at the bottom of the cliff lift.

By the time he fetches the beat constable, not only has the corpse vanished — but there’s no trace it was ever there. No blood. No broken twigs. No trampled flowers.

The local Southend police are baffled. How can they investigate a murder without evidence or a body?

The worried chief constable calls in a favour from Detective Superintendent Street at Scotland Yard — who knows just the man for the job.

Inspector Alun Ryga.

 READERS LOVE INSPECTOR RYGA:


⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow, SO good.’ Kathy H.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This atmospheric historical mystery paints a vivid picture of a post-war British seaside town.’ L. Tilden

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Excellent police work in this extremely twisty novel.’ Jan T.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Attention to detail and location is top rate. If you are interested in this period before CCTV, instant communication and computers took over our lives, completely changing police work, then you will enjoy this book.’ Paul S.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This enjoyable post-WWII police procedural is one I’d recommend to any lover of good British mysteries.’ Abby G.

Step into Inspector Alun Ryga's atmospheric world of post-war Britain in this first teaser for Death on the Pier, the latest Inspector Ryga mystery