2014 Why would anyone want to attack an old couple in their own home . . . with medieval swords? What does the message written in an old language mean?

2021

Ex-DI Mick Fletcher is breaking lockdown rules again to meet up with his favourite granddaughter, Eleanor, who is determined to untangle the disparate connections.

Meanwhile, DI Magda Steil is presented with a different sort of problem. A message with map coordinates designates where a body is buried in the woods - a girl who disappeared seven years ago.

Is this an Ophelia copycat death or is there some other connection?

And what secrets might be held within the romantic ruins of Dryburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders? A twelfth century monastery which has suffered numerous attacks, fire and bloodshed throughout its long history.

A history which has been rewritten so many times, it's now impossible to tell truth from lies.

And when will it stop raining?

?I was born by the sea, ran wild on the beach and in the woods, went to school up the back alleys to avoid the big boys. Read lots of books. Told lots of lies and stories.

Became a drama teacher. Told and invented a lot more stories.

Retired in 2012 and went to live in France, started writing the DI Fletcher thrillers.

A Rain of Blood is eleventh in the series.