Not for me. ( )

Interesting second book of a series about two police officers in the Peak District. Lots of description of the area, lots of local color and legends, and a pretty good mystery to boot. ( )

3.5 Stars ( )

Pleasant but not as interesting as the first one in the series. The local characters were there, and your heart wrung for some of them, especially the kids put on a bus near the end. The story revolved around women being attacked on the moor near a collection of strange stones, and what brought the women to the area in the first place. I am writing the review 2 days later and can hardly remember or care who the culprit was though... ( )

From Amazon:

Dancing With the Virgins is an atmospheric, psychological stunner— perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson.

As winter closes in on the moors, so does death. The body of a young woman is found within a ring of ancient cairns, her arms and legs arranged to look as though she's dancing.

Now another young woman has been found, savagely wounded and severely traumatized, but alive. Ben Cooper and Diane Fry must unlock the memories trapped inside her mind before more blood is shed amongst the stones .

My Thoughts:

It takes a while to really get going, as with many police investigations, but pretty soon things start coming together. A nicely woven mystery is unraveled with a few surprises, both pleasant and unpleasant, revealed along the way. The setting of the book is once again a powerful factor in setting the mood of the story, which is not what I would term upbeat. It always feels dangerous, dark and menacing - just like a good murder mystery should. ( )