Murder in A Welsh Town

The Havard and Lambert Mysteries, Book 4

By: Pippa McCathie

Narrated by: Elain Llwyd

Murder in a Welsh Town is a richly woven domestic murder mystery full of interesting characters and shady secrets.

Plans for a town pantomime are thrown in the air after one of the actors is murdered.

The victim is local gossip, nosy parker and aspiring manipulator Ivor Gladwin. Reviled by many and ignored by more, the list of people who could have wanted rid of him seems to grow by the minute. Despite having overstepped the mark in past cases, because of her familiarity with the individuals involved, ex police officer Fabia Havard is actually tasked by her boyfriend, and serving DCI, to look into the matter on the side. Unfortunately, she stumbles upon an ongoing undercover inquiry, and the killer looks like they might creep back into the woodwork. With amateur dramatics suspended and a serious murder case on their hands, Havard and Lambert will need to put their minds together to crack the case.

©2020 Pippa McCathie (P)2021 W. F. Howes Ltd

fantastic series all of them are must reads

I have so enjoyed this series and what a fabulous ending to this particular book. I really hope to see more coming from this author

Too many characters

' l had a very hard time understanding the narrative. The pronounciation of the names varied so much l had a hard time figuring out who she was talking about. The solving of the crime was especially puzzling as l never did figure out who the male perpetrator was. A real murky mystery!

Use of the F word in a cozy mystery

The unnecessary bad language. Cozy mysteries are supposed to be "safe" from excessive gore and bad language. Not the case here. The story itself isn't riveting enough to make up for this breach of the unnecessarily offensive language. Sad because I really wanted to enjoy a book series set in Wales.