The Bag of Secrets

Detective Matt Ballard Mystery, Book 6

De: Joy Ellis

Narrado por: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Duración: 11 h y 36 m

Resumen del Editor

Matt and Liz may have retired from the police, but that doesn't guarantee a quiet life.

An abandoned carpet bag full of mysterious handwritten notes. A body in a marshy lagoon.

Matt is intrigued when his partner Liz brings home an old carpet bag she found dumped in the local library. It contains a pile of mysterious handwritten notes. Liz is convinced the bag belongs to Old Molly, a local woman who lives on the streets.

The following day, a body is discovered in a marshy lagoon. It's Old Molly. Suffocated with an expensive men's handkerchief.

Molly clearly knew something that got her killed. Liz believes she was trying to tell them something important. She calls on her nephew David to help decipher the carpet bag notes.

Meanwhile Matt is hired to find teenage runaway Liam Cooper. Liam has been missing for ten days now, and Matt has a very bad feeling about him. A few days later, a second body is discovered in an old barn out on the fens.

Matt and Liz must piece together the cryptic clues Molly has left for them before more people die. The answers lead to the remote fenland village of Marshdyke-St-Mary—and a series of shocking secrets stretching back many years.

©2023 Joy Ellis (P)2024 Tantor

Excellent storyline!

Absolutely worth the wait! Excellent storyline that kept me guessing. And LOVED the other characters of the story - hoping that they weave in in future stories! Joy outdid herself - especially despite her not feeling well! Thanks for such an amazing book!

Not her best effort - could have been a short story.

I have read every book in this series and loved them. This one felt rushed and more like a short story than a novel. Missing the usual scene and plot depth that is normally part of these stories. It’s like she ran out of anything to say about the main characters. I hope this is not a new pattern for Joy.

love the characters

Nothing. Excellent story and wonderful narrator. Love everything Joy Ellis writes. Can't wait for her next one.

Guessing till the end!

Bringing all of the broken pieces together made a perfect team. I hope that future books in this series make use of some of the same characters.

The narrator was terrific! Greatly distinctive!

Had some trouble with the strong accents, however! All in all, alot of twists and turns! Good fun!

Twists and puzzles

The characters and detailed descriptions of personalities, places and clues. The different atmospheres of the scenes

This is best in the series !

What a great book. It took you through a women’s mysterious life who was once was a woman of great talent and ended up a bag lady to save her life. Matt and Liz are brought in to find out what happened. The series of events and happenings will keep you listening to the very end. The introduction to new characters brings life and vitality into the series. Can not wait for the next book.

Fun!

Another great mystery/detective story from Joy Ellis, love the characters, it was fun to try to figure out before I got to the end.

A Real Wild Mistery!

So many twists and turns you can't catch your breath. This is the best book in the series so far!

Great all around!

After finishing DI Galina series I found this one. The first couple books are rough to listen to because of the narrator, but the stories were so good I stuck with it. Then the found a great voice for the job, one that brought all characters to life in their own unique way. Now I’m off to start the next book. Definitely recommend!