The Coopers Field Murder (ebook)

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The first novel in this series, Jack-Knifed , saw the introduction of Detective Chief Inspector Martin Phelps, together with his sidekick, Detective Sergeant Matt Pryor, and their team, investigating the horrendous murder of a gay man in Cardiff.

Now they are faced with a body found in Coopers Field, a Cardiff beauty spot ? a naked body that has lain there so long it is almost unidentifiable. Pathology reports establish that the body is that of a woman ? but who is she, and how did she die?

Local nurse Sarah Thomas, a helpful passer-by when the body is found, soon finds that she has another unexpected death to deal with ? at Parkland Nursing Home where she works. Colin James, one of her favourite residents at the home, dies suddenly ? but the reactions of those closest to him are surprising. Was Colin?s death due to natural causes ? or is there something more sinister afoot at Parkland?

The Coopers Field Murder is the second in Wonny Lea?s DCI Martin Phelps series, set in the thriving Welsh capital city of Cardiff.

The heavy rain that had been an almost constant feature throughout July had given way to intermittent warmish curtains of drizzle as the month drew to a close and visions of a glorious summer faded once again.

?Maybe August will be better,? suggested DS Matt Pryor, as he and his boss walked up the steps leading from the car park in Sophia Gardens and started to cross the bridge leading to Coopers Field. As they got to the middle of the bridge Matt looked in both directions, but what should have been a stunning view was limited to the short distance he could see through the miserable weather.

He bounced up and down and the bridge gently moved with him, making him smile. ?My nieces call this the bouncy bridge,? he told Detective Chief Inspector Martin Phelps. ?You can see why ? it really does feel a bit like a trampoline.? He demonstrated further and the whole structure seemed to shake.

?Yes, I get the picture,? replied Martin. ?Unstable bridges are not really my thing ? so quit making it wobble and tell me exactly what Sergeant Evans said.?

Matt got back into step with Martin and the two men fell into their well-established pattern of briefing prior to their arrival at a crime scene.

?Well, for once, he wasn?t the first on the scene,? Matt began. ?This time it was the dynamic duo of PC Davies and PC Cook-Watts, but the Evans team wasn?t far behind.?

?The call came through to Goleudy at ten past seven this morning, and the first pair of officers was at the scene before twenty past, as they were already in the area. Apparently it was a dog walker that called, after her dog refused to fetch ball that had been thrown for him ? he chose instead to bark madly and sniff around a pile of discarded clothes. After a few minutes, and when he showed no signs of coming back to her, the woman went to drag the dog away from the clothes and that was when she found the dead body.0