The Shape-Shifter // Murder at Haggburn Hall

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.