For All Your Endeavours by David Sharp begins with the discovery of a well-preserved "Bog Body" in a remote area of Dartmoor,which naturally causes much excitement amongst the group of archaeologists doing a "dig" nearby. This soon turns to excitement of a different kind when it's discovered that the body is that of a murder victim and possibly that of someone who went missing 20 years ago rather than in the depths of antiquity. Plymouth-based police officers DI David Lancaster and DS Marie Vidêt are tasked with investigating and the case becomes far more involved and complicated than it first appears. I really enjoyed this book,at first I thought it was going to go down an exploitative route as mention of a notorious London address and the predilections of some of the characters hinted strongly at it taking that direction. It's far more subtle than that and what initially appears something quite sordid goes in a totally different direction. Author David Sharp cleverly leads the reader,and his main characters ,down a number of cul de sacs and the story twists and turns without resorting to grandstanding twists. There are no punch-ups of car chases here,it's more for readers who enjoy the William Wisting , Kurt Wallander and even Inspector Morse books. I don't know anything about author David Sharp but this story holds up well against any of the previously-mentioned classic detective stories. Being local to some of the locations I also know which architectural monstrosity offends D.I. Lancaster as he looks out on it from his office. A great read, Lancaster and Vidêt are a great team and hopefully there's scope for a series here. I'm always interested in trying new authors, I was more and more impressed with this book as the story progressed and I hope to read more from David Sharp.