Utterly Crime

This is the third audiobook in the Utterly Crime Series, set in rural Suffolk, England. It is the spring/early summer of 2011. Old friends and apprentice carpenters, Chrissie, Nick and Matt are thrust into the world of illegal hare coursing and drugs, while DI Clive Merry investigates. A student death is followed by a ferocious killing beyond the Stowmarket railway lines. The action is set against a backdrop of preparation for a raft race at Needham Market. The plot unfolds as seen through the eyes of Chrissie, feisty with something to prove, Nick, a talented apprentice with a tough exterior disguising his kindly intuitive and overly sensitive side, and Matt... well sometimes the less said about Matt the better.

Suffolk UK, 2012. Knotweed is invasive and ugly - and so is murder in Suffolk. A body is found near the railway line in Needham Market, and Nick Cowley's phone goes missing. Could anyone have guessed the repercussions? Another body is discovered, and police investigations follow tenuous trails from Bury St Edmunds to Woodbridge, Felixstowe, and beyond. Murky innuendo takes its toll but is it sufficient motive for murder? Into this mix throw a turkey farm, winery, and a French flea market pot and you have the ingredients for a perfect murder. Nick, Chrissie and Matt, friends since their Utterly Academy days, pull together as they face unpleasant truths and resolve their conflicting gut instincts. But hard evidence is required. This is book 5 in the Utterly Crime Series, and can be read as a standalone.