Book Description

Meet DS Norman Norman. He’s so good they named him twice. Out of retirement he’s back on the beat in a rainy Welsh seaside town. Llangwelli might be short on sunshine, but it’s certainly not short on murders . . .Enjoy all six gripping Welsh mysteries now in one complete box set.Book 1: A Body on the BeachDetective Norman Norman is out of retirement and back solving murders, while mentoring a team of misfits in a sleepy Welsh seaside town. But he’s barely begun when a woman’s body washes up on the beach. It will take all Detective Norman’s experience to whip his band of misfits into shape to catch a killer.Book 2: A Body of ConfusionHuman remains and a lonely pile of clothes on the beach. Is it murder, suicide...or an impossible conundrum? Detective Sergeant Norman likes the idea of a permanent home in the small Welsh coastal town. With his reinvented career invigorating him, he finds himself enjoying working for his younger female DI. But when she asks him to investigate a puzzling seaside suicide, his first job is to find the corpse belonging to the discarded clothing left on the sand.... With the deceased man’s remains presumed lost at sea, DS Norman believes his case has run up a blind alley...until local builders dig up a female human skull. And now with a pair of unsolved deaths on his hands, the dogged policeman’s work takes a tricky turn when he discovers an astonishing link between them. Can the shrewd detective solve a complex puzzle and lay two souls to rest?Book 3: A Body in the LaneOn a cold, late evening in January, Llangwelli Police receive a mysterious 999 call. No-one speaks, and the only sound before the line goes dead is ragged breathing. The call is traced to Dragon Barn Lane, a narrow, pitch-black stretch of road that’s rarely used. Detective Judy Lane is the only officer on hand, and knows she shouldn’t go alone, but what if someone is seriously hurt? Detective Norman receives a call from Judy at the scene, requesting backup. He races over, only to find a dead man in leathers sitting against a tree, and the young detective unconscious nearby. If the biker is dead, who attacked Judy? And who made the 999 call? Next morning Detective Norman’s team find the body of a young woman by a ditch near the scene of the incident. Llangwelli doesn’t normally see serious crime, but with two dead bodies, something — or someone — very nasty has visited this quiet little harbour town. It’s up to Detective Norman to uncover the truth — before any more of his young team get hurt.Book 4: A Body at the FarmhouseThe morning they were due to pledge till death do us part, a groom finds his bride hanging in the stables of their idyllic wedding venue. Could it be murder? Can Detective Norman uncover the culprit before more wedding guests meet a grisly end?Book 5: A Body in the CottageWorkmen are about to demolish a row of derelict cottages when they discover the body of a young woman. She’s been badly beaten and her identity is a mystery. Then an elderly man comes forward admitting to the murder. But there are holes in his story. And when a second body is discovered, Detective Norman knows he must find the real killer.Book 6: A Body Under the BridgeAlun Edwards turns up at Llangwelli station. He’s worried about his friend Gareth. He’s not answering his phone — and he’s left his dog behind. Then the body of an elderly man is discovered in a stream with Gareth’s bus pass . . .The DetectiveDS Norman Norman 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. Or drives him into early retirement . . . again.Norman hates paperwork, misses his old dog terribly, and makes a killer cup of builder’s tea — which he insists is an essential ingredient of good policing. But does he have what it takes to turn Llangwelli’s misfit recruits into a razor-sharp CID unit?The SettingLlangwelli (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.