A Body in the Cottage

The West Wales Murder Mysteries, Book 5

By: Peter Ford

Narrated by: Andy Cresswell

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

Great Read

Number 5 in the Rejoiner series this book matched the excellent work of the predecessors. I highly recommend this book!

Narration and storyline is really good

I am enjoying this series a lot.I don't like the long winded theories they have but other then that,I really like this series

I love these books!

I sure hope there is more to come in this series! I love all of the characters and I hope Andy Creswell narrates!!

The series started out fairly well then became intolerable.

The dialogue was so simple and repetitive. The narrator made it worse. The author uses the same plot lines and the characters come up with and over discuss what could have happened and some of the dialog- I just had to skip ahead. I liked the characters…not sure why the author was not able to tell a good story and weave the mystery into it so we could figure out some of it ourselves. The first two books were free so I said what the heck. They were okay and since I was out of Uk detective series I listened to two others because they were “good enough” but this last book was just ridiculous. If I were the author I would be embarrassed at what a poor writer I was. He started out well but just couldn’t put it all together then got over dramatic. It’s a pity because I like the characters (except in the end Norman was making me want to slap him). Oh well.