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DI Nathaniel Caslin’s life is a mess. He works the minimum, abuses substances to survive the day, and drinks his nights away. A once-promising career is in freefall. With his keen ear for the absurd and sharp eye for the ludicrous, Phinn has delighted audiences with tales of his experiences as a school inspector and is probably best known for his autobiographical novels: The Dales Series, which includes: On January 5 1981 his father woke him with the words: “They’ve caught him.” David, then aged 13, bunked off school to join the “baying crowd” that assembled for Sutcliffe’s first appearance in court in Dewsbury.
I wonder if there's something about the area around Settle and the Three Peaks because it's also inspired another thriller, The Penyghent Blood by Roger Ratcliffe. Peace’s readers will note that the television series has an infinitesimally happier ending than the books do. The scriptwriter Tony Grisoni explained: “It was an emotional reaction … to two and a half years of being in this inferno that David Peace had constructed. David doesn’t save anyone. Whereas I needed to.” Castle Hill Bookshopin Richmond has an excellent collection of books about the local area and helps to organise the Richmond Walking and Book Festival together with Swaledale Outdoor Club and a team of volunteers. The Grove Bookshop in Ilkley on the fringes of the Yorkshire Dales has an excellent selection of books, is a good place to learn more about the Ilkley Literary Festival & has an added benefit - it's very close to a branch of Bettys' Tea Rooms! From Leeds, ten of her books have been made into mini series and television movies. The No. 1 best-selling author of women’s fiction over the last 30 years. Highlights of her long career include: DI Nathaniel Caslin is in conflict with his inner demons. His career is resurgent, but the greater battle, that with his addiction, is still raging...and he is losing.With the net tightening, the level of threat increases. Will Caslin, along with those closest to him, be the last victims of a forgotten conflict? Peace has always been clear that his books have a moral force. “The majority of British crime novels are a nonsense,” he said in 2010. “The Crime Writers’ Association has an award for a comic crime novel. How absurd to create this false picture of what reality is. Crime is not cosy, but brutal and destructive. It devastates people’s lives.” I bought Haytime in the Yorkshire Dales edited by Don Gamble & Tanya St. Pierre some time ago and still love to dip into the pictures and descriptions of our wonderful flower-rich hay meadows. It covers their biodiversity, traditional farming methods and how they’ve inspired creative people for generations. This Barnsley born author wrote the 1968 novel A Kestrel for a Knave, on which the 1969 Ken Loach film Kes was based, he also co-wrote the script with Loach and Tony Garnett. Both the book and the film provide a portrait of life in the mining areas of Yorkshire. He also wrote two other collaborations with Loach which were adapted into films:
Swaledale: Valley of the River by Andrew Fleming is a great book if you’re interested in the history and geology of the landscape , similarly David Johnson’s full history Ingleborough: Landscape and History .Investigating the death of an ex-serviceman in police custody reveals the disappearance of a young family. No one noticed. No one seems to care. In the grip of a bitter Yorkshire winter, a family home reluctantly offers up its grisly secrets. Out on the moors, a murder scene of horrific brutality demands Caslin's focused attention. In the search for answers, is anyone who they claim to be?
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