{"id":338678,"date":"2025-12-11T03:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/book-review-fire-on-the-fells-by-cath-staincliffe\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T03:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:41:09","slug":"book-review-fire-on-the-fells-by-cath-staincliffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=338678","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – Fire On The Fells By Cath Staincliffe"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I was introduced to this author by Netgalley and Joffe Books, who have kindly offered me a copy of Fire On The Fells in return for my honest review.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As I knew very little about Cath Staincliffe I thought I would do little search and find some information to share with you before I review her book. Little did I know what I would find out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cath is a novelist, radio playwright and the creator of ITV’s hit series, Blue Murder starring Caroline Quentin. Her radio work for the BBC includes the three-part thriller, Undercover, Legacy and Stone.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Below names just a few of the nominations and prizes won by this talented author.<\/p>\n

Cath has been short listed many times for the prestigious CWA Daggers and was a winner of the Short Story Dagger. Her book Letters To My Daughter\u2019s Killer was selected for Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club and featured on ITV3\u2019s Crime Thriller Club.<\/p>\n

The Fells, book one of the Detectives Donovan & Young series was shortlisted for the peoples book prize.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Fire On The Fells by Cath Staincliffe.<\/p>\n

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My Rating – \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/span><\/p>\n

Goodreads – 4.38<\/span><\/p>\n

Publication date \u2013 May 2025<\/span><\/p>\n

Fire On the fells is available as a kindle edition and
\npaperback. If you\u2019re after an audio edition I\u2019m afraid you will have to wait
\ntill July time for its release.<\/span><\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Summer can be\u00a0murder\u00a0out on the
\nsun-scorched Yorkshire Fells.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When the body of eighteen-year-old Tyler Prasad is found up on lonely Skye
\nMoss, Detectives Leo Donovan and Shan Young are called in to investigate. Tyler lies dead in a bone-dry ditch. His handsome face shattered in a brutal
\nattack that leaves Donovan and Young baffled. They dig into Tyler\u2019s deepest secrets, following a twisty trail that leads
\nstraight to Patefield Grange, a luxury country-house retreat across the moors. The well-heeled guests gathered for a controversial grouse hunt in the
\nsweltering summer heat, seem respectable on the surface.<\/p>\n

But, beneath the fa\u00e7ade, dark secrets smoulder. It\u2019s only a question of which
\nwas worth killing for. As temperatures soar, so does the pressure for Donovan and Shan to crack this
\nimpossible case.<\/p>\n

Before tensions at the Grange ignite, and the body count rises again . . .<\/p>\n

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My Review<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The last few books I\u2019ve read have been romance\/women\u2019s
\nfiction so this time I thought I would mix it up and stick my nose in to some
\ncrime. Having never read anything by this author I did not know what to expect
\nand was pleased to find myself reading at any opportunity. Only trouble with
\nthat is that 48 hours later the book was finished and I\u2019m there turning to
\ngoogle to see what else this author has written, wondering if I can add to the ever-increasing
\nTBR pile! <\/span><\/p>\n

This book works brilliantly as a stand-alone novel and when
\nfound through Netgalley that\u2019s what I believed it was, although when I added it
\nto my Goodreads list (helps me keep track of what I have read) I found out it
\nwas actually book two of a series. I then got a little excited as I love a good
\nseries, did a bit of investigating and figured I would just go ahead and read
\nit anyway. Now though I have a problem\u2026 I am wondering seeing as I enjoyed it
\nso much, can I go backwards and read the first book in the Detectives Donovan
\n& Young\u00a0series. Has anyone else done this? Would anyone recommend the
\nfirst book which I believe is called The Fells. Anyway, I\u2019ve started to digress.
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Fire\u00a0<\/span>on the fells is very well written, the author manages
\nto capture the details and her descriptions bring the book alive, which made me
\nfeel and see everything! It was quite steady in pace all the way through and
\nhad several twists and turns that kept you guessing who the killer was. At
\ntimes it had me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen, the heat was certainly on…\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The
\nmain characters were loveable, they were portrayed as normal people, trying to
\nsurvive the struggles of life, all whilst trying to hold down their job and piece
\ntogether the horrific case and catch their killer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having got to know Leo and Shan I would love to know how their lives are going. Will there be a book three? I would certainly be up for reading and reviewing that if its as gripping as this one.<\/span><\/p>\n

100% recommend this book, thank you Netgalley, Joffe Books
\nand Cath Staincliffe for allowing me the opportunity to read and review this
\nwonderfully captivating book.<\/span><\/p>\n

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