Moorland Forensics - Devil's Realm | Austin Macauley Publishers

On a searing summer’s day on an idyllic beach in South Devon, a young boy plunges to a horrific death from the overhanging cliffs, the tragic event graphically captured on film by the enigmatic Salcombe painter and entrepreneur Lois St John. Five years later, the boy’s father suffers the identical fate at the same location.
Called to the scene, Moorland Forensic Consultants uncover a prophetic link between Liam Mercer’s fatal fall and a controversial painting of his son’s death titled ‘Falling Memories’.

James, Fiona and Katie Sinclair draw upon their professional expertise as a string of mysterious deaths follow. They uncover a web of corruption and foul play, which leads to the very top of the judicial system and the international art world.

Julie was born in Bovey Tracey, Devon and raised in the South Hams on the South Coast. After training as a nurse at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital she moved to Australia and divided her time between working as a clinical nurse and within the music industry.
This is her first novel and draws on experiences growing up in the spectacular landscapes of South Devon and a passion from an early age to write.
She is a classically trained flautist, proficient horse rider and journalist.
She lives in the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area near Sydney with her husband and two children.

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Michael Chequer - BBC Radio Devon/Cornwall

Devil’s Realm ‘It’s a great story.’ ‘It’s a good read, it’s one I enjoyed very much.’
David Stenson

The suspicious death of Liam Derek Mercer sparks an investigation which is initially linked to the death of his son 5 years earlier at the same location. Events become confused and complex as other people are killed. There are multiple perpetrators with novel assault scenarios and innovative murder techniques Forgeries of expensive art are uncovered, but is this the reason for the murders or are more complex issues motivating the killer(s)? another complex mystery from Julie D Jones with lots of detailed chemistry and forensics.

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