The Woodhead Diaries

Workmen find two skeletons in an old Victorian shaft. The bodies date from the 1840s, when Irish navvies dug the first tunnel.Young CID Sergeant Susan Priestley follows a trail that takes her to Dublin, where a sensitive diary has been locked away for over a hundred years.Slowly, Susan unravels the murder plots and discovers a Victorian world of establishment intrigue and hypocrisy.“Dave Cherry lives and breathes Barnsley and its history, culture and passion like a seam of coal through rock.” - Andy Kershaw, BBC Radio Sheffield.“Dave is a multi- talented songwriter, playwright, archive film historian, and now an author! Everything he does has the golden Midas touch.” - Barnsley Councillor Phillip Birkinshaw.“Dave Cherry’s wonderful skills and humour have enlivened the lives of Barnsley Chronicle readers for years.” - John Threlkeld , retired Barnsley Chronicle deputy editor.“This is a book I can’t wait to read! Barnsley’s latest novelist is writing about the Huskar mining disaster.” - Mel Dyke, education consultant, lecturer and writer.