DI Andy Horton is at the Isle of Wight Festival in THE FARLINGTON MARSH MURDERS

THE FARLINGTON MARSH MURDERS, number eight in the Detective Inspector Andy Horton Solent Murder Mystery series (15) is set in June when the famous Isle of Wight Festival takes place, except for 2020 when it was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic and in 2021 when it was moved to 16-19 September after a successful vaccine roll out programme.

The FARLINGTON MARSH MURDERS opens with Detective Inspector Andy Horton at the funeral of ex-con Daryl Woodley watching out for a big-time crook, who they suspect was involved in Woodley’s murder.

But it’s a perplexing case. Prior to his death, Woodley was assaulted and spent three days in hospital before discharging himself. His body was found on Farlington marshes, three miles from the hospital. How did he get there?

The funeral surveillance appears to be a bust. But the next morning Horton is called out when a woman’s body is found on a yacht wreck, stabbed in the back. She was at Woodley’s funeral.

Are the cases linked?

And what takes Horton over to the Isle of Wight Festival?  I'll leave that for you to find out.