Death Under a Little Sky (Jake Jackson Book 1), Stig Abell

Winner of the 2024 CrimeFest Debut Crime Novel of the Year! A detective ready for a new life Jake Jackson, high-flying ex-city detective, inherits a rural retreat from his reclusive uncle. It’s the perfect chance to start anew. A death that disrupts everything But then the local annual treasure hunt spirals into terror when a young woman’s bones are discovered.

Suddenly, Jake is back to being a detective, as he tries to unearth a dangerous killer in this most unlikely of settings.