A Cornish Seaside Murder by Fiona Leitch

 

Synopsis:

Former Met police officer Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is working a trial period as an auxiliary Detective Sergeant with the Penstowan police force. But living and working alongside DCI Nathan Withers – while still trying to grow her catering company – brings its own challenges, especially when Jodie’s attention is quickly taken up by the suspicious drowning of a local fisherman. 

While tourists and locals alike are falling under the spell of the annual mermaid festival with its captivating legends of Sirens luring fishermen to their deaths, Jodie and Nathan fear they may have found themselves in the middle of a very real – and very dangerous – turf war. As the casualties start to stack up, they must face the likelihood that something sinister has been going on under their noses for some time...

Review:

A Cornish Seaside Murder sees Jodie busy with the legend of an evil siren and the death of a fisherman.

In this sixth installment Jodie left her amateur sleuthing to accept a temporary position as the Detective Sergeant Parker, working side by side her boyfriend, DCI Nathan Withers.

Some characters from the previous books return, but this time the investigations are reserved to the professionals.

I felt for Jodie throughout the book. She spends her days divided between her cop work, her catering job and her family, and in the end she is fatigued and stressed, believing she is failing in every aspect. I understand her excitement to be finally back doing the work she's loved for years, but now her life is totally diffrent, and maybe she has found a new balance and got used to her life in Cornwall.

If you have read the previous books you can see that Fiona Leitch gave a different, more serious tone to the murder research, to make the difference evident. The writing and the pace are really good, I was glued to the pages from start to end.

I've enjoyed this story, but I missed Jodie's humour and her funny misadventures. On the other hand I adored Jodie and Nathan relationship, they became such a solid and healthy muture couple, I can't wait to know what's in store for them in the future.

Release Date: 06.08.2023