The Youth Hostel Murders Author:Glyn Carr While on a hiking vacation in Cumberland with his wife Georgie, Shakespearean actor / theater manager Abercrombie Lewker gets involved in the investigation into the death of a rock climber who had died in circumstances similar to another death weeks before in the same place. Assuming the role of a rock climbing enthusiast, Lewker joins the dead ... more »climber's group at a local hostel and begins to formulate a theory about the deaths and their connection to the newly revived practices of witchcraft at a local ring of stones.
An innocuous murder mystery that is easy to read, short and to the point, and features some interesting rock climbing background. The inclusion of a map of the terrain helps a lot in following the action.