[Alex Duggins Mystery 05] • Whisper the Dead

*With plot twists galore and an array of credible suspects, this traditional village mystery series will appeal to fans of **M.C. Beaton** and **Midsomer Murders** *

** *When Alex Duggins comes across a terrifying scene at the site of a new housing development, once again she is drawn into a case of brutal murder. * **

A new year arrives and winter holds Britain's Cotswold Hills in its icy grip once more. But it's the construction of a new housing development that's causing the residents of Folly-on-Weir most concern. As she passes the site late one afternoon, pub owner Alex Duggins is confronted by the terrifying scene of a construction trailer on fire and a man desperately trying to break the door down.

Her efforts to help - and the subsequent findings of the police forensic pathologist - draw Alex and her friend Tony Harrison into a major murder investigation whose tentacles will reach right to the heart of the tight-knit Folly community - and into Alex's own past ...

Will appeal to fans of ** *M.C. Beaton* ** and ** *Midsomer Murders.* **