RAVENSCROFT'S LAST CASE

AN EVOCATIVE VICTORIAN DETECTIVE MYSTERY FULL OF CLEVER TWISTSWorcester, April 1893.Detective Inspector Ravenscroft receives a strange note from a lonely old woman fearing for her life. But when he visits her, she is already dead. DID MISS MAUD FINCHER’S HEART GIVE OUT OR WAS SHE SCARED TO DEATH?Maud Fincher was part of a group of locals trying to speak to their deceased loved ones through the medium of séance. Ravenscroft thinks this is harmless nonsense . . . until the old lady’s last surviving heir is murdered. Is there something sinister going on at these séances?In his last-ever case before retiring Ravenscroft must question everything he believes in order to catch this killer. CAN HE UNMASK THE MURDERER AND RETIRE IN PEACE?Perfect for fans of M.R.C. Kasasian, E.S. Thomson, Oscar de Muriel or Karen Charlton. MEET THE DETECTIVEInspector Samuel Ravenscroft, unmarried and over forty, is a detective in the Whitechapel branch of the Metropolitan Police. Painfully asthmatic, he is overlooked by his superiors in favour of his pushier colleagues. But Ravenscroft wants to prove himself and strives to overcome his physical limitations. His tools are forthright questioning, close examination of the evidence and personal intuition. He often finds that the solutions to crimes are buried deep in the past. With his trusty Bradshaw, Ravenscroft and his colleague Sergeant Tom Crabb, travel around the Three Counties, overlooked by the Malvern Hills, bringing criminals to justice. KERRY TOMBS was born near Birmingham, but grew up in various locations in north Worcestershire. After a career teaching in both England and Australia, he moved to Malvern in 1982, where he became a local genealogist, lecturer and bookseller. ​INSPECTOR RAVENSCROFT DETECTIVE MYSTERIES SERIESBook 1: THE MALVERN MURDERSBook 2: THE WORCESTER WHISPERERSBook 3: THE LEDBURY LAMPLIGHTERSBook 4: THE TEWKESBURY TOMBBook 5: THE DROITWICH DECEIVERSBook 6: THE PERSHORE POISONERSBook 7: THE UPTON UNDERTAKERSBook 8: THE HEREFORDSHIRE HANGMENBook 9: THE BROMSGROVE BOOKSELLERBook 10: RAVENSCROFT'S LAST CASE