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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.

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The story was great with the old and new characters. another good mystery in this series

I love the original characters

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As always Joy Ellis writes a great story. However I found it a little confusing because the last book I read Liz was dead, and now she’s back in this book

A little confusing

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The story teller performed a range of accents and used his vocalisation to best depict the story.

A story with twists and turns to keep one interested.

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Absolutely loved the tale of the bag lady. Twists and turns and then more suspense. I loved how the stories intertwined with each other. Shame we didn’t find out about the 3 kids

Excellent book

Riveting

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this has been my favorite series off books I have listened to hope the will be more narrator keeps yo so engaged from the first chapter write the the last
KH New Zealand

Fantastic Story

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Great listen!! In true Joy Ellis style, you are kept guessing until the end. Another intriguing mystery!

Keeps you guessing

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Excellent book . Great story with three stories running at once . Kept my attention with the intriguing plot.

Excellent book

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Love all Joy’s books Truly an amazing author cannot wait til next book well worth the read

Suspenseful

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the story was so intertwined and the plot so deep it was definitely hard to stop listening to

Joy Ellis books are always exciting beautifully written. The narration always spot on.

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This was the best of the Matt Ballard stories, twists and turns everywhere. the narrator was really versatile.

Amazing listen

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