West Wales Murder Mysteries Books in Order

Back from maternity leave, Detective Sergeant Sarah Southall is thrown straight into a murder case when young Miriam Daniels is found strangled in her flat beside a wilting bouquet and a creepy card. A rash of burglaries against single women hints that Miriam’s killer may be closer than anyone fears.

In Llangwelli, a neatly folded pile of clothes is found on the sand with no body in sight, suggesting a suicide that leaves no corpse. DS Norman’s enquiry stalls until builders unearth a woman’s skull inland, forcing him to link two seemingly separate deaths in one baffling puzzle.

Brought out of retirement to mentor a misfit CID team in a Welsh seaside town, Norman expects a gentle posting. Instead a woman’s body washes up on the beach, her husband never reported her missing, and every suspect has an alibi, pushing the new unit to prove it can deliver.