Murder in the Dark : Severn House : 9780727888235 : 0727888234 : 31 Aug 2018 : The sudden appearance of a sinister black hole in the English countryside leads to a baffling murder investigation for Ishmael Jones. ?The past is England's dreaming, and not all of it sleeps soundly ?? Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been despatched to assist a group of scientists who are investigating a mysterious black hole which has appeared on a Somerset hillside. Could it really be a doorway to another dimension, an opening into another world? When one of the scientists disappears into the hole ? with fatal consequences ? Ishmael must prove whether it was an accident ? or murder. But with no clues, no witnesses and no apparent motive, he has little to go on. Is there an alien predator at large, or is an all-too-human killer responsible? Only one thing is certain: if Ishmael does not uncover the truth in time, more deaths will follow ?