Blood and Stone — Chris Collett

rieving the death of his ex-lover Anna Barham, Detective Inspector Tom Mariner has taken two weeks' leave to recuperate, seeking peace and solitude in a remote corner of Wales. The last thing he imagined was being caught up in a murder investigation -- with himself as the prime suspect. But when his walking holiday is interrupted by the discovery of a dead body in the woods, Tom finds the local police taking an inordinate interest in him and the reasons for his presence in the area.

As the body count rises, it becomes clear that there are a number of disturbing secrets being kept behind the closed doors of the ancient stone farmhouses that populate the region -- and as those secrets gradually unravel, it turns out that Mariner isn't the only one to have come to the picturesque Caranwy valley to escape a troubled past.