Kerry Tombs
2 SeriesKerry Tombs is an English author known for his historical mystery novels, particularly the Ravenscroft series. After a teaching career in England and Australia, he worked as a genealogist, lecturer, and bookseller in Malvern, Worcestershire, which inspired the setting for his series. Kerry now resides in Brittany, France.
In "The Malvern Murders," the first book of Kerry Tombs' Ravenscroft series, it is 1887 and Inspector Samuel Ravenscroft is sent to Malvern for a vacation after failing to catch a young girl's murderer in Whitechapel. While undergoing the Water Cure at the Tudor Hydropathic establishment, he is enlisted to investigate the murder of a prominent local businessman. As Ravenscroft delves into the case, he uncovers a web of danger and deceit within Malvern's genteel society. To solve the crime, he must confront the mysterious woman in black and survive the ancient curse of Raggedstone Hill.
