A Cornish Seaside Murder A Cornish Seaside Murder

Publisher Description

‘As twisty-turny as a Cornish lane in high summer’

J.M. Hall, author of A Spoonful of Murder

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’

Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries

A Siren’s call… to murder

Former Met police officer Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is working a trial period as an auxiliary Detective Sergeant with the Penstowan police force. But living and working alongside DCI Nathan Withers – while still trying to grow her catering company – brings its own challenges, especially when Jodie’s attention is quickly taken up by the suspicious drowning of a local fisherman.

While tourists and locals alike are falling under the spell of the annual mermaid festival with its captivating legends of Sirens luring fishermen to their deaths, Jodie and Nathan fear they may have found themselves in the middle of a very real – and very dangerous – turf war. As the casualties start to stack up, they must face the likelihood that something sinister has been going on under their noses for some time…

Readers love A Cornish Seaside Murder:

‘An absolute gem… Leitch’s characters are as engaging and clever as the mystery she’s concocted’ Lauren Forry, author of The Launch Party

‘Fiona Leitch is on fine form with this wry, twisty tale from the Cornish coast’ M.H. Eccleston, author of The Trust

‘This was a great cosy crime that kept me turning the pages. I can’t wait to see what Jodie and friends get up to next!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Love the characters and the plots. Such an easy cosy read.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Fiona is a great writer. No cheese, realistic dialogue, and great character development.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Another brilliant Cornwall visit.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Law-enforcement, verbal-humor, situational-humor, Cornwall, cozy-mystery, series, foodie, punny, relationships, relatives, murder, murder-investigation, small-business, small-town, caterer, family…’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

About the author

Fiona Leitch is a writer with a chequered past. She’s written for football and motoring magazines, DJ’ed at illegal raves and is a stalwart of the low budget TV commercial, even appearing as the Australasian face of a cleaning product called ‘Sod Off’. After living in London and Cornwall she’s finally settled in sunny New Zealand, where she enjoys scaring her cats by trying out dialogue on them.

GENRE
Crime & Thrillers
RELEASED
2023
8 June
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
368
Pages
PUBLISHER
One More Chapter
SIZE
1.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Wooleejumpa ,

4* Another intriguing Cornish mystery

A cosy mystery, part of a series set in Cornwall, each a standalone.

Jodie Parker ex-Metropolitan Police, has returned to her home town of Penstowan and is settled with her boyfriend, DCI Nathan Withers. In this latest book she's become a probationary detective sergeant in the local CID, with Nathan as her boss. At the same time Jodie is juggling family life and running her thriving catering business.

There's a local superstition that when fishermen take their boats into a particular area, a mermaid called the Siren will target them and sink their boats. A fisherman is found drowned in a water trough near the church, creating rumours that his death is connected with the recent disappearance of the mermaid statue from this same church.

Clues stack up in Nathan and Jodie's investigation, leading them to suspect that the murder is connected with drug smuggling, especially when vehicle tyre tracks are found at an isolated cove.

The plot slowed down a bit in the middle, then gathered speed towards the end. Effortless reading with a satisfactory end.

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