The Bedroom Murders
(2026)(The second book in the Charlie Reed Mystery series)
A novel by Mark L Fowler
When a woman is found dead in her bedroom, DI Reed hunts an unusual killer. And when the facts refuse to add up, she goes out on a limb, resisting pressure from above and putting herself on the line.
DI Charlie Reed is investigating the murder of a woman found strangled in a flat in Chorlton, close to the detective's Manchester home. There’s no evidence of robbery or sexual assault. Curiously, the woman was killed in the hallway of her home, before being dragged into the bedroom.
Reed and her faithful sidekick DS Paul Rigsby are coming up empty, when a second murder is discovered. Another woman strangled; the motive again unclear, and the body once again moved from the murder scene, and placed in the bedroom.
Reed has a hunch, but even Rigsby has grave doubts about it. Then a third woman is murdered, pouring cold water on Reed’s theory. Yet she’s sticking to it, despite mounting pressure to accept a seemingly obvious solution.
The stakes are high, and if she’s wrong it could be the end of the road for Reed.
Genre: Mystery
DI Charlie Reed is investigating the murder of a woman found strangled in a flat in Chorlton, close to the detective's Manchester home. There’s no evidence of robbery or sexual assault. Curiously, the woman was killed in the hallway of her home, before being dragged into the bedroom.
Reed and her faithful sidekick DS Paul Rigsby are coming up empty, when a second murder is discovered. Another woman strangled; the motive again unclear, and the body once again moved from the murder scene, and placed in the bedroom.
Reed has a hunch, but even Rigsby has grave doubts about it. Then a third woman is murdered, pouring cold water on Reed’s theory. Yet she’s sticking to it, despite mounting pressure to accept a seemingly obvious solution.
The stakes are high, and if she’s wrong it could be the end of the road for Reed.
Genre: Mystery