DCI Phelps

Genres: City Life; Friendship; Mystery; Police Procedurals; Crime Fiction; Suspense

Synopsis

From Book 7:

Newly promoted DI Matt Pryor is disappointed when his first case seems to be a simple death from natural causes ? that is, until the post-mortem shows something quite unexpected ? The elderly man who died on a Cardiff train was murdered ? poisoned ? by one of the other passengers. But who? There?s a photograph in the dead man?s pocket ? a photograph that matches one owned by young professional Ellie Bevan. Is it just a coincidence that Ellie?s the one who stayed with the body until the police arrived ? or did she have a more sinister reason for sticking around? Matt?s boss DCI Martin Phelps is delving into a tricky case of his own. The new superintendent is determined to clear up any old cases with a whiff of police corruption about them and Phelps is sent to investigate the decade-old murder of a young Somali man. He soon discovers that the police reports are filled with errors. Sloppy detective work ? or a cover-up? Both Pryor and Phelps soon find themselves surprisingly drawn towards investigating a respected humanitarian charity. Feted by important people, the organisation isn?t quite what it seems ? and a wrong move could spell disaster ? Never Dead is the fifth in Wonny Lea?s Cardiff Bay Investigations featuring DCI Phelps.