The Murders at Fleat House: A compelling mystery from the author of the million-copy bestselling The Seven Sisters series

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The Murders at Fleat House is a suspenseful and utterly compelling crime novel from the author of the multimillion-selling The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley. Jazz is a person who notices the human detail, tending to follow her instincts and take her time, learning the stories of those involved and exhausting every avenue of inquiry before arriving at a conclusion. These skills certainly serve her well in The Murders at Fleat House and make for an interesting story. It is not long before another death occurs at the school. One of the masters, Hugh Daneman, is found dead in his study. This one is clearly a suicide but it is still unsettling. One of the younger pupils, Rory Millar, is clearly distressed and frightened. His parents have just divorced and Rory is desperate to see his father, David, who has embraced alcohol again. To top it all off, Julian Forbes, a lawyer who has moved in with Rory’s mother is found dead in the cellar at the school, the same cellar where a young boy killed himself 25 years ago. This one is clearly a murder and greatly muddies the waters! Creo que LR hubiera podido sacar de esta primera entrega una serie dedicada a la detective Jazz Hunter bastante decente. Por momentos me ha recordado a Agatha Christie, y también me ha traído a la memoria a Ann Cleves e incluso a M.W. Craven, aunque estos tienen un nivel de enganche superior. “Asesinato en…” es en ese sentido bastante simplona. Nada que ver con J.D. Barker ni similares. Es una lectura relajada, donde no hay escenas escabrosas ni grandes giros. Para leer con una taza de té (al que le guste) y una mantita. Y si hay una chimenea cercana aun disfrutarás más de lo que aquí se cuenta. Pero no esperéis un policial que no os deje respirar. Aquí no lo hallaréis.

However, one manuscript remained unpublished. Lucinda’s first and only crime novel, which she wrote while her children were young, sixteen years ago. The disappearance of another boy and a grim discovery in the school basement make this one of the most challenging cases that DI Hunter has ever investigated. The Murders At Fleat House – What I Liked Novela escrita hace años por la autora y publicada de manera póstuma por su hijo. Para ser la primera y única novela policíaca escrita por ella, no está nada mal. THE AUTHOR: Lucinda Riley is an Irish author of popular historical fiction and a former actress. She spent the first few years of her life in the village of Drumbeg near Belfast before moving to England. At age 14 she moved to London to a specialist drama and ballet school. She wrote her first book aged twenty four. Lucinda died in June 2021. The Murders at Fleat House is a departure from the sweeping Sister Series, but her signature style of weaving a story into its surrounds is a key factor of this book.In June 2021, Lucinda Riley’s family shared the sad news of her passing following a four-year battle with cancer. Then there's a missing man or two, a missing child, another death, and a historical death. Jazz's gut tells her that all these incidents are connected but putting it all together is like doing a jigsaw puzzle with no picture and no edge pieces.

Thank you, NetGalley and AuthorBuzz, for the eARC. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book. I liked David and his bond with his son Rory, and I was sad about how unworthy his ex-wife was, but at least in books, karma makes its appearance and I hope David's future is brighter than the present!As staff at the school close ranks, the disappearance of young pupil Rory Millar and the death of an elderly Classics Master provide Jazz with important leads but are destined to complicate the investigation further. As snow covers the landscape and another suspect goes missing, Jazz must also confront her own personal demons…