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MEET YOUR NEW FAVOURITE DETECTIVE.
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.
SYNOPSIS:
It’s not exactly how a groom would expect to find his bride on their wedding day. Early that morning, David Griffiths discovers his wife-to-be’s body hanging in the stables at the idyllic farmhouse where they were due to pledge ’til death do us part.
It appears to be a clear-cut case of suicide. But Detective Norman is not convinced. Why would a vibrant, successful young woman take her own life on her wedding day?
Everyone says Tilly had a heart of gold. So who would want to kill her?
Detective Norman’s investigations reveal that Tilly wasn’t quite the happy-go-lucky person she appeared to be — and she isn’t the only family member hiding a dark secret.
Tilly’s older brother, her best friend, the groom himself: the list of suspects quickly grows. Can Detective Norman and his team uncover the culprit before more wedding guests meet a grisly end?
THE DETECTIVE
Meet DS Norman Norman. He’s so good they named him twice. He thought his policing days were over when he took early retirement. But then he gets called into Llangwelli Police Department to help train up the new recruits. Out on the west coast of Wales, the town is known as something of a dumping ground for screw-ups, but Norman believes no copper’s career is ever beyond salvaging, so he’s going to whip these youngsters into shape. Even if it kills him.
THE SETTING
Llangwelli (pronounced Hlangwelly) is a seaside harbour town in West Wales that sits on the edge of a wide, shallow river estuary. Thanks to West Wales’s rainy climate, verdant green hills dotted with cows and sheep make for idyllic surroundings. But that doesn’t mean it’s free from crime — as Norman is about to find out.
THE WEST WALES MURDER MYSTERY SERIES:
Book 1: A BODY ON THE BEACH
Book 2: A BODY OUT AT SEA
Book 3: A BODY DOWN THE LANE
Book 4: A BODY AT THE FARMHOUSE
REVIEW
This is the first book of the series I have read, and I'll soon be checking out the rest of the series, thanks to a super low price right now on Amazon ebooks! It's an interesting tack- taking your lead character and putting them at the END of their career, and giving them a bunch of new team member to help fit into the local division. It lets your character show their experience, common sense and instinct, honed from years on the beat and solving crimes. In this case there oh SO any possible suspect and motives, that it needs a whole team to sort them out! They are acting like a team, in the this 4th outing, and no one is ready to let Norman retire again, as he is too beneficial to the team still. If you like cozy British police procedurals, you'll take to this series!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Having spent most of his life trying to be what everyone else wanted him to be, P.F. (Peter) Ford was a late starter when it came to writing. He had tried writing a novel many years ago (before the advent of self-publishing), only to be turned down by every publisher he approached. It was very much a case of being told by those around him, ‘now you know you can’t write, so get back to work!’
Even at an early age, Peter felt very much like the proverbial square peg being forced into a round hole. This resulted in the creation of a Grammar School drop-out who then drifted through a succession of jobs, finally ending up in a totally unsuitable role which eventually sapped his energy and self-confidence. There followed a brief foray into self-employment (not a good idea for someone lacking in self-confidence!) which ended in total financial melt-down, a mountain of debt, and a lapse into depression.
Faced with the fact that he’d never be happy as he was, Peter finally decided he had no intention of continuing that way, and things just had to change. This was achieved by closing the door on his old life and starting over. Fast forward a few years and you find a man transformed, his newly found positive attitude enabling him to find new partner (now wife), Mary, who shares his belief that dreamers should be encouraged and not denied.
He first wrote, (under the name Peter Ford), and self-published , several short books about the life changing benefits of positive thinking. Now, completely free of the hindrance of worrying about what other people think, he’s blissfully happy writing the D.S. Dave Slater mystery novels and what he calls the ‘digital fiction marmite’ (people tend to love it or hate it!) that is the Alfie Bowman Novella series.
Peter and Mary recently completed a shared dream when they married and moved to a beautiful region of Wales where they spend much of their spare time walking their three dogs, and relaxing and having fun with friends. They believe they are living proof that you should never give up on your dreams, because it’s never too late!
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