The Ritual Circle (DI Rowan Penhallow #16)

The Ritual Circle (DI Rowan Penhallow #16) by Wendy Cartmell out on December 4, 2026.

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The Ritual Circle (DI Rowan Penhallow #16) Release Date: December 4, 2026

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A Dartmoor stone circle, a forged witch trial, and a rhyme that has kept a secret for 140 years.

Hollowcombe lives on its legend. Every October, visitors pour in for Witch Week to walk where three “witches” were said to have been hanged in 1671. So when a young researcher is found dead among the standing stones, ringed with salt and candle wax, the headlines write themselves.

But Rowan Penhallow has learned to distrust a scene that looks like a story. With DS Marcus Trewe working his community ties, DC Priya Nair following the money, and Dr Eliza Carne reading the evidence — and the paper it’s written on — Rowan uncovers a Victorian fraud, a housekeeper silenced in an asylum, and a modern forger who believed he was saving his village.

Perfect for readers of Ann Cleeves, LJ Ross and Rachel McLean, The Ritual Circle is a warm, clever West Country mystery about the stories we tell to keep a place alive, and what they cost.

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