The Shape-Shifter // Murder at Haggburn Hall — Roy Lewis

An Arnold Landon mystery novel

When Arnold Landon's ambitious boss, Karen Stannard, is suspended pending the result of an official inquiry, she holds Landon responsible. Which makes for a degree of tension in the air at Haggburn Hall, where they have both joined a dig to uncover evidence of an ancient Celtic cult devoted to the Shape-Shifter - Mórrigan, the deity of war.

Appropriately for a site connected with the war god, there are a variety of other long-held grievances, mutual dislikes and resentments seething beneath the surface at Haggburn Hall, and a young man dies a violent death as a result. But was he the intended victim?

Landon and his old sparring partner DCI Culpeper find themselves with
a multitude of suspects and possible motives to choose between. But to find the murderer they must first unravel the secrets of the past.

An absorbing blend of archaeological mystery - with impeccably researched historical background - and modern-day murder.