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Synopsis:
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.
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 lonely widower. A body in a stream. An impossible puzzle.
It’s an ordinary Tuesday morning when pensioner Alun Edwards turns up at Llangwelli station. He doesn’t want to make a fuss but he’s worried about his friend Gareth. Every Monday, they meet up for a game of chess. But Gareth wasn’t at home yesterday. He’s not answering his phone — and he’s left his dog behind. He’d never do that.
Detective Norman searches Gareth’s cottage — and finds a woman’s photograph, torn to shreds and dumped in the bin.
The next day, the body of an elderly man is discovered in a stream under an old railway bridge. The name on his bus pass is Gareth Jenkins. But that’s impossible. According to the pathologist, the body has been in the water at least three or four days. And Gareth was seen walking his dog, just two days ago.
Norman is facing an impossible puzzle. And what is the secret behind the woman in the photograph . . . ?
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.
ALSO BY P.F. FORD
THE WEST WALES MURDER MYSTERIES
Prequel: A DATE WITH DEATH
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
Book 5: A BODY IN THE COTTAGE
Book 6: A BODY UNDER THE BRIDGE
SLATER AND NORMAN MYSTERIES
Book 1: DEATH BY CARPET
Book 2: DEATH BY PLANE
Book 3: DEATH BY NIGHT
Book 4: DEATH BY KITCHEN SINK
Book 5: DEATH BY TELEPHONE BOX
Book 6: DEATH IN WILD BOAR WOODS
Book 7: DEATH IN THE RIVER
Review:
I love Norman. He may be a bit set in his ways, but he's always willing to listen to his younger coworkers and give them support an encouragement (especially the females! In this book, he's settled down with his girlfriend and ready to makes Wales his forever home, when news comes that that their department may me moved out to a regional force, and close the local station down. But in the meantime his DI leaves on funeral leave and they get a welfare concern that soon turns to a murder case. By the time the DI comes back, they still don't have many answers, and when the body turns up, there are way more questions, red herrings and false leads, than there are suspects. It's a head scratcher and Norman and his squad will need all their combined skills to figure out the lies from the truth in this roller coaster read!
About the Author:
I love Norman. He may be a bit set in his ways, but he's always willing to listen to his younger coworkers and give them support an encouragement (especially the females! In this book, he's settled down with his girlfriend and ready to makes Wales his forever home, when news comes that that their department may me moved out to a regional force, and close the local station down. But in the meantime his DI leaves on funeral leave and they get a welfare concern that soon turns to a murder case. By the time the DI comes back, they still don't have many answers, and when the body turns up, there are way more questions, red herrings and false leads, than there are suspects. It's a head scratcher and Norman and his squad will need all their combined skills to figure out the lies from the truth in this roller coaster read!
About the Author:
Peter Ford always dreamed of becoming a writer, but a dream is easily stifled without support from those around you. It was only when his old, unhappy life fell apart and he met his new partner (now wife) Mary, who believed dreamers should be encouraged, that he finally got the chance to live that dream. Fast forward a few years and you find a man transformed. Now, blissfully happy, settled in a quiet corner of Wales with wife Mary and their rescue dogs, P.F. Ford is living proof that it's never too late to achieve your dreams.
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