Dead in the Market
DCI Merlin Parry has to use all his skill and experience to crack a murder case where the victim was killed in front of thousands of shoppers, but not a single witness is to be found.
A neurotic, barren wife acquires a baby illegally. Seventeen years on, with her husband now a prosperous Welsh businessman, someone discovers her secret and blackmail begins. A murder follows in Cardiff’s vibrant Central Market in front of thousands of shoppers – but, bizarrely, there are no witnesses.
Chief Inspector Merlin Parry, aided as every by Sergeant Gomer Lloyd, tackles a baffling human drama that intrigues right up to the nail-biting denouement, the whole leavened with masterly characterisation and polished wit.
”'DEAD IN THE MARKET is a pleasure to read” - T.J. Binyon, Evening Standard
”'A good story, well handled and as always with Williams, elegantly written and … engrossing” - F.E. Pardoe, Birmingham Post
”'The author is deliciously adept at portraying the proper facades of the respectable classes and the shappy reality behind” - James Melville, Ham & High