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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.

©2023 Joy Ellis (P)2024 Tantor
Crime Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedurals Private Investigators
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Intriguing Mystery • Twisty Plot • Excellent Reader • Great Character Development • Riveting Storyline
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Liked the narrator. Story felt a bit muddled. It was hard to figure out exactly happened.

Character development

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Please keep writing! I cannot get enough of Joy Ellis! I love the haunting, yet beautiful portrayal of the Fens. It makes me want to travel to this magical place and meet a real Matt Ballard. I am excited to listen to your next “Favorite” read/listen. I listen in the car, the gym, the kitchen- can’t put this one down!

Another favorite!

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Nothing. Excellent story and wonderful narrator. Love everything Joy Ellis writes. Can't wait for her next one.

love the characters

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Bringing all of the broken pieces together made a perfect team. I hope that future books in this series make use of some of the same characters.

Guessing till the end!

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Loved the always evolving storyline. Filled with very interesting and unique people and pets. Loved this 📖 book 📕

I loved the community of people pulling together to solve the clues left in a dear friend’s bag.

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After finishing DI Galina series I found this one. The first couple books are rough to listen to because of the narrator, but the stories were so good I stuck with it. Then the found a great voice for the job, one that brought all characters to life in their own unique way. Now I’m off to start the next book. Definitely recommend!

Great all around!

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So many twists and turns you can't catch your breath. This is the best book in the series so far!

A Real Wild Mistery!

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I think this is one of my favorite shories of the series. Twisty story and new characters. Hope she brings some of them back.

Great story!

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Joy is not afraid to tackle taboo subjects. Having grown up in the South of America, I saw the reality of small, isolated families. She provides a kind view of the ugly reality…

Another tough topic..

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Loved the story line and the narrator is just fabulous. Can't get enough of Joy Ellis's books!

Great as always

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