DUNGEONS AND DANGER

A hunt for treasure leads to misdeeds and murder.

The Asquith family has owned Ravensea Castle since it was built on the site of a Yorkshire monastery in 1138. Upkeep is so expensive that they’re running the castle as a small, notably haunted hotel. Arthur Asquith is the father of Nora, who keeps the hotel going; her sister, Tamsyn, an actress; and Will, who runs a successful meadery. Professor Norman Tweedy, from the University of York, claims to have found proof of a Viking treasure hidden on the grounds, and he makes an agreement with Arthur that gives Tweedy 30 days to find it for a 50/50 split of the proceeds. At the same time, the Asquiths are hosting four ghost hunters, including Tamsyn’s friend Brady Benson, who hope to capture some footage of ghosts for a TV show they plan to pitch. Strangely, Brady, Gray Knightly, Ollie Agar, and Georgia Kane were all Tweedy’s students, and it’s clear they have no love for him, claiming he stole their research. The team soon captures several ghosts on film, but the lure of treasure overcomes their ghost hunt, and everyone, including Tweedy, sneaks around trying to unearth the treasure and cheat the Asquiths out of their share. The Viking festival Will has planned near the castle is a great success until Nora and Tamsyn find Tweedy with a knife in his back. Ordinarily, Nora’s boyfriend, Finlay Cole, a detective with the Yorkshire police, would get the case. But because of his relationship with the family, someone else is appointed—but they refuse to work with Nora, who has solved several cases and has the inside track on this one.

Ghosts and ancient history combine in an exciting treasure hunt filled with credible suspects.