Murder in Pembrokeshire by Gretta Mulrooney is the eighth book in the Private Investigator Mulrooney Swift, quite generally known as Ty. He is an ex-policeman who turned P.I. Ten years previously he was working at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France with his wealthy and gregarious colleague and friend, Afun Griffith. They’d never kept in touch after going their separate ways, but out of the blue Ty receives an email from Afun asking Ty to join him in Pembrokeshire for a couple of days.
He is now living in a self-sufficient community of smallholders and craftspeople, had no local phone signal, no wi-fi and just one landline so the best option is to stay. Ty decides a few days away with an old friend is just what he needs. Ty gets there with no sign of Afun, his house is unlocked and another member of the community tells Ty Afun missed his work that morning. It seems Afun is missing with no sightings of him. The next day Ty finds his friend’s body, he has been stabbed to death. Ty wants to stay and find out who murdered his friend. D.I. Weber who is still suffering from several injuries enlists Ty to aid with the investigation.
The story is told from Ty’s point of view so the reader can feel really involved in the investigation with him. A story that is a slow burner but when the secrets start to be revealed it makes you wonder how so few people can hold so many secrets and how desperate do they have to be to keep them?
As always Gretta Mulrooney has written another really excellent Tyrone Swift instalment and manages to bring the twists and reveals at the perfect time to keep the mystery and intrigue levels up. A story that is as good as the first book she wrote, Ty never gets old or boring. An author I definitely recommend.
Thanks to Jill Burkinshaw and Joffe Books for my copy of the book.
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