Sand Dancer: A Ryan Jarrod Tyneside Crime Mystery

By Colin Youngman

Semilla Rachman, an internationally-renowned performer, goes missing in front of a packed theatre audience on a return visit to her home town. Has she staged the whole thing - or are forces more sinister at play?

The girl's mother believes it's the latter, with her ex-husband topping her suspect list. Detective Sergeant Ryan Jarrod, struggling with a sick grandmother and a heavily-pregnant girlfriend, hopes it's the former. When a ransom note arrives, followed by menacing threats of the darkest kind, Jarrod knows his luck is out.
The search for the missing girl takes Jarrod and his accomplices into a world of politics and performance, jealousy and adoration, friends and stalkers - any one of whom could be the centre point of this heart-stopping, page-turning mystery.

Think of Ann Cleeves or LJ Ross with the gritty, urban twist of Ian Rankin and Peter James - that's the Ryan Jarrod series: explosive crime fiction in the mould of traditional dark thrillers.

What people are saying about the Ryan Jarrod series:

'Narrative so rich you can smell the Tyne'
'Crying out to be a TV series or motion picture '
'The pace of James Patterson'
'Just when you think you've seen all the plot twists, another one comes along '
'A Geordie Rebus'
'Felt every pain and anguish. Story line excellent and what an ending'
'Wow Colin Youngman you've done it again You've penned another blinder of a novel'
'A real page-turner'
'Excellent twists and turns. More Ryan Jarrod, please'
'A rollicking, edge-of-the-seat read.'

The Ryan Jarrod novels are standalone stories though are best enjoyed when read in sequential order.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D713RYMX
• ISBN13: 9798328410298
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"