Utterly Dredged

Book 9 in the Utterly Crime Series.

On Maundy Thursday 2014, DI Clive Merry is called to a man found dead with his head submerged in a moat about to be dredged near Eye. Could something as harmless as laughing gas be a murder weapon?

The killer moves like a shadow as old friends Chrissie, Nick and Matt welcome a relocated carpentry apprentice. But the repair of an old apothecary box leads to unexpected consequences. Suspicions are cemented when the Dunwich Jewel, a 9th century aestel, hits the headlines as undeclared treasure for sale.

The action moves between a moated farmhouse near Eye and Needham Market; Bury St Edmunds and Woolpit; Stowmarket, Elmsett and Sudbury. This is the ninth book in the Utterly Crime Series, but it can be read as a standalone.