Susan Parry

Swaledale crime writer, Susan Parry, is the author of the Yorkshire Dales Mystery series. Susan is an analytical chemist and her research career at Imperial College involved forensics investigations, including some high profile murder cases. The books, which are set in some of the loveliest parts of the Dales, feature forensic archaeologist Dr Mills Sanderson, who uses her expertise to assist the police with their homicide investigations. The series follows Mills as she qualifies as an archaeologist, joins the University of North Yorkshire then combines her role as a lecturer with forensic work at the Yardley Laboratory in Harrogate. The books are set in Swaledale, Wensleydale, Wharfedale and other parts of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.