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The Bag of Secrets

Detective Matt Ballard Mystery, Book 6

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The Bag of Secrets

By: Joy Ellis
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
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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.

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That was a blooming good listen!!!! I really enjoyed it from beginning to end. All the characters believable and the narration was excellent, roll on the next chapter in this series 👍

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Always enjoy Joy Ellis books but narrators voice is very annoying. Story was very good so tried to ignore his whiny voice. He does the accents very well though.

Great story. Annoying narration

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Joy never fails to keep you guessing until the end. Although I prefer her other teams, this series has brought something different to her repertoire.

Another triumph

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I listened to the end but didn’t really feel it. Lots of characters and I got a bit lost with who was who.

Love the series but not the best book

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I can recommend this book to anyone I loved it well read and keep me on the edge of my seat

it was well read with a lot of hidden clues

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