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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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About this listen

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 Crime Fiction Detective Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Private Investigators Exciting Feel-Good Crime

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Enjoyed the characters in this. Ballard wasn’t my favourite detective but I have warmed to him and Liz.

Great plot

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An all round good story and I liked the characters. I don't know why but I find the narrator irritating, maybe it's the tone of his voice I'm really not sure

What I expected from this author

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At times I had to scroll back to ensure I had the right name to the person, but apart from that: spellbinding throughout! Perhaps a tad demanding on reality checks, and body count grew apiece, but very enjoyable despite all that. A lot of ‘injured’ staff around, but love that they are not all superheroes.

Very involved

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Totally loved this book with all its twists and developing plot. Joy is a master of storytelling. Can not wait for number 7

Another Matt Ballard Mystery number 6

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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 👍

Wow

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I always enjoy Joy Ellis’s writing and, although I had to suspend disbelief for this one, the story still holds together.

Far-fetched but still a good read

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A great, fast paced, plot twisting, murder mystery ride with Joy Ellis in the drivers seat. A great set of characters gets you really invested in the private detective team from the get go. A great addition to the Mat Ballard series...

another great Joy Ellis read

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I liked the different voices. They were all brilliant . I also liked the length of it, and it has sparked me to listen to some more, by this Author.

It kept up the pace

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I couldn't find anything I didn't like about this story I couldn't put this down

This story was different and kept me gripped loved it.

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another fantastic book in the series by joy Ellis . brilliant characters, brilliantly read. can't wait for next in series.

brilliant

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