Blood in the Mortar

Based on our deep dive into the "literary DNA" of this project, the overarching DI Eleanor Brand series, and the specific KDP best practices outlined in your "Mastering Amazon Book Discoverability" file, here is a complete, market-ready Amazon KDP book description.I have formatted it using the punchy, high-tension structure that converts browsers into buyers in the British Police Procedural and Noir Thriller categories.Suggested Title Setup for KDPTitle: Blood in the Mortar Subtitle: A Gripping British Police Procedural (DI Eleanor Brand Book 1) [Adjust book number as needed]Amazon KDP Description (Blurb)Some institutions are built on faith. Others are built on a lie that demands blood.When structural surveyor Sally Graham is found dead in the freezing, forgotten crypt of a local parish church, it looks like a tragic accident. She was simply measuring a wall. But when Vicar David Preece bleeds to death on his own chancel steps weeks later, the ancient silence of the Salisbury Cathedral Close is violently shattered.Detective Inspector Eleanor Brand knows how to read a crime scene, but this case requires her to read the silence of a six-hundred-year-old institution. Met with a slick diocesan press office, closed-door faculty meetings, and the imposing Chancellor Sterling, Brand and her steadfast partner, DS Thresher, realize they aren't just hunting a murderer. They are hunting a shadow that has been protecting a lucrative, centuries-old fraud.Enter Catherine Priestly, a university historian who has stumbled upon a medieval ledger. Translated, it holds the power to bankrupt the Diocese and expose generations of theft. As the Church scrambles to protect its wealth, Catherine becomes a target, and Brand must turn the machinery of the law against the immovable pillars of the establishment.With a brutal winter storm battering the ancient stone of Salisbury, the physical danger escalates and the legal walls close in. The Cathedral is proving it will sacrifice anything-and anyone-to survive.Atmospheric, unyielding, and brilliantly plotted, Blood in the Mortar is a masterclass in "ecclesiastical noir." Perfect for fans of gritty British crime thrillers, complex female detectives, and institutional conspiracies where the truth is always awkward, untidy, and late.