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A Body in the Cottage

The West Wales Murder Mysteries, Book 5

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A Body in the Cottage

By: Peter Ford
Narrated by: Andy Cresswell
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About this listen

Detective Norman is out of retirement and back on the beat in a rainy Welsh seaside town. Llangwelli might be short on sunshine, but it's certainly not short on murders . . . Norman may seem a bit old-fashioned, but he's always willing to learn from his band of misfit recruits.

A battered body. A missing handbag. A false confession?

The call comes on Monday afternoon. About to demolish a row of derelict cottages, workmen discover a body in the bedroom of Number 9. A young woman, expensively dressed in designer clothes. It's a mystery what she was doing there.

She's been badly beaten. But with no handbag or phone to be found, her identity remains unknown.

Then an elderly man comes forward claiming to be the killer.

Case closed, it would appear. But there are things about the old man's story that don't add up. Detective Norman isn't convinced.

Then a second body is discovered in a skip behind the cottages — and the case takes a disturbing new twist.

Norman and his team are in a race against time to uncover the truth before more bodies turn up.

This absolutely gripping detective mystery full of twists and turns is perfect for fans of Rachel McLean, J.D. Kirk, Pauline Rowson, Elly Griffiths, Matt Brolly and Simon McCleave.

©2023 P. F. Ford (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedurals Exciting Detective Fiction Crime Murder

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Really enjoyed this series, helped enormously by Andy Cresswell as the narrator. I worked my way through in order, which helped to understand more about the characters background. I really hope more will follow....

Excellent narrator and story

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I stumbled on this series and am really enjoying them on my drive into the office. They are easy to listen to and the characters are fab and really developing as their series goes along.

Easy listening

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I really enjoy these books, I’m not keen on the narrator, I can make out if these books are supposed to make you laugh but many parts do make me lol 😁

Enjoyable

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I am enjoying this series. The books are well written with lots of twists and turns.
But - and I hope this review is seen by the writer and recording team - it's really unnecessary for the 'he said', 'she said' comments to follow every bit of narrative when the characters are talking to each other. This narrator is excellent at getting the voices of the characters distinctive, so it's really easy to tell who is speaking most of the time.
The 'he said', 'she said' element breaks up the flow of the story, particularly when it's obvious who is talking at any given time.

Really good story...... but

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I am just loving the series - as I am binge listening to them they just follow through and I am get invested in the characters and see how they progress and develop and their different relationships. I like the descriptions of the Welsh countryside - just enough for me. I do compare it to when my husband was growing up there and there was limited work whereas now books like this want me to retire there.
The author produces enough red herrings to keep me completely engaged.

Great bingeable series

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Constant he said she said. Who edits this? It’s a good story ruined by awful narration.

What a stilted narration

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