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

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But the local police cannot rule out foul play and the case prompts the return of high-flying Detective Inspector Jazmine ‘Jazz’ Hunter to the force. Jazz has her own private reasons for stepping away from her police career in London, but reluctantly agrees to front the investigation as a favour to her old boss. Reunited with her loyal sergeant, she enters the closed world of the school, and as Jazz begins to probe the circumstances surrounding Charlie Cavendish's tragic death, events are soon to take another troubling turn. But the local police cannot rule out foul play and the case prompts the return of high-flying Detective Inspector Jazmine 'Jazz' Hunter to the force. Jazz has her own private reasons for stepping away from her police career in London, but reluctantly agrees to front the investigation as a favour to her old boss. La autora nos plantea el supuesto asesinato de un alumno en un prestigioso colegio donde los sospechosos son pocos pero todo señala a uno. Acabas sospechando de casi todos y eso siempre es divertido. Primer libro que leo de esta autora, el único que escribió de esta temática y publicado póstumamente por su hijo. Y me ha gustado, está realmente bien.

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I loved the story. Although I would call it a cosy in that there is no overt violence and it is not dark, it is nevertheless an engaging and complex mystery that challenges the police at every step of the way. It is set in a somewhat prestigious boarding school in Norfolk. Lucinda Riley was a born storyteller and will be sadly missed; her books will keep her memory alive for her readers. First of all, I would like to thank the family of Lucinda Riley for deciding to release this forgotten work by the author without many editions. The author is a household name for fans of historical fiction, but The Murders At Fleat House is her first foray into crime fiction and it is so painful to know that she wouldn’t be able to continue writing this genre as her central protagonist DI Jazz Hunter seems like someone who needs a series by her own. Essentially Lucinda Riley’s historical fiction always carries a thread of mystery intertwined thru its story, the few books I have read had a dual timeline narrative added to the bargain providing a new dimension to the unraveling of the family dynamics at the end. The other two books were The Butterfly Room, and The Olive Tree (which is also called Helena’s Secret), and both of those books have also been released. These two books were released before Lucinda’s death in 2021, and in fact, Lucinda herself apparently did extensive rewrites of her own work before they were published.The pacing is slow to medium, with no progress in some places. Things happen on and off, which is probably because the book wasn’t thoroughly edited (as mentioned in the foreword). Fleat House – One of the eight boarding houses of St Stephen’s School. Old, dank, dark, eerie, and foreboding, its cellar is rumoured to be haunted by the ghost of a student who died tragically in 1979. Incidentally, if you’re also a fan of The Seven Sisters series, Harry Whittaker is also tasked with the completion of the final book in the series, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt. Apparently, Lucinda left him with all the secrets of the series, which allowed him to finish the book in time for publication in 2023. However, one manuscript remained unpublished. Lucinda’s first and only crime novel, which she wrote while her children were young, sixteen years ago.

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Stephen Riley added: ‘Given the delay to the publication of Book 8 of The Seven Sisters series, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, currently being completed by Lucinda’s son Harry Whittaker, her family hope to delight readers around the globe with this announcement. Written after her youngest children had started school in 2004, The Murders at Fleat House is the only crime novel Lucinda ever penned. The Norfolk boarding school and landscape featured were heavily inspired by Lucinda’s own life at that time, and she was incredibly proud of the project. We are excited to be able to bring forward the planned publication of the novel as her readers eagerly anticipate the epic conclusion to The Seven Sisters series.’ En el tradicional colegio St Stephens, en la idílica campiña de Norfolk, un estudiante muere en extrañas circunstancias. Su cadáver es encontrado en Fleat House, uno de los internados, y el director se apresura a explicar que fue un trágico accidente. Pero cuando la detective Jazz Hunter se adentra en el cerrado mundo del internado pronto descubre que la víctima, Charlie Cavendish, era un joven arrogante y hambriento de poder que atormentaba a sus compañeros.As I anticipated I absolutely adored reading this book and was really sad when I finished it. With The Murders at Fleat House, Lucinda Riley showed her skills as a masterful storyteller, able to to move between genres with such style and ease. I found myself wondering that if Lucinda was still here if this would have been the first in a new series featuring DI Jazz Hunter, that I’m sure would have been as popular as her Seven Sisters series. Lo que más me ha gustado de este libro ha sido que apenas ha sido editado, es decir, que prácticamente uno está leyendo el manuscrito que un día esta autora escribió y nunca publicó. Y se nota. Se nota que apenas ha sido tocado por una editorial. Se nota en la falta de ambientación y en el desarrollo de personajes, y aun así ha sido un placer poder leer algo casi inédito. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read in exchange for an honest review.