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

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Being a Friday, the eight boys on this floor would have signed out and walked to the pub in the nearby market town of Fotlesham, but it was as well to be sure. Jazmine Hunter is one of the best detectives and we follow both her progress with the crimes and also her personal life. Diving into the school’s history as well as Charlie’s family history, Jazz realises that Charlie’s family estate (to which there is now no heir) is connected to the school and the possibility of a secret illegitimate child.

Fleat House made for a brilliant mystery setting and I loved how we got to follow various POV’s throughout as they too dealt with the fallback of the first murder and everything that came later on.To think that this book was published in 2021 and is supposed to be set in 2005, it really does give of some "older vibes" with all it´s misogony, sexism and homophobia. Due to Charlie’s unlikeable, spoiled, smarmy nature, and the fact that he had a reputation as the school bully, means the suspect list is endless. Me ha gustado, Jazz, la inspectora protagonista, sus dotes como investigadora, la familia que tiene, así como sus circunstancias personales y cómo las afronta. Effectively talking about the bullying and psychological trauma suffered by some students, the author has also highlighted issues of alcohol addiction thus creating a twisty page-turner.

En esta novela me hubiera venido bien hacerme una lista de personajes porque no era fácil hacer conexiones mentales con tantos parentescos a la vista (y ocultos), con una herencia de por medio y con las relaciones existentes entre unos y otros en el pasado y en el presente. We have Jazmine, Jazz (the head detective), Robert (the headmaster), David (the father), Hugh (the teacher and tutor), Angelina (the mother), Jenny (the secretary), Julian (the shitty new husband), Thora (the inn keeper), Sebastian (the headmaster of the hosue), Isabella (the psychologist) and Adele (mother of the first victim). A senior pupil, Charlie Cavendish, has been found dead in his room one morning, ostensibly from an epileptic fit.When her former boss requests that she investigate the sudden death of a pupil at a posh local boarding school, she relishes the opportunity to take the lead without her annoying ex undermining her. 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.

Este povestea trecutui care te bântuie, a greșelilor care se plătesc, a secretelor care ies la suprafață în condiții neașteptate așa cum se întâmplă în comunitățile mici. A murder enquiry is launched headed by Detective Inspector Jazmin (Jazz) Hunter who was on sabbatical from the Met for personal reasons. Overall it was a pretty disppointing read and it´s such a shame with how good the idea of the book seemed to be. 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. Lucinda Riley wyważyła napięcie, dosypała szczyptę czarnego brytyjskiego humoru, sprawiając, że po zakończonej lekturze czujemy się zadowoleni i przepełnieni nadzieją, bez tego poczucia nadchodzącej klęski.Then a particularly grim discovery at the school makes this the most challenging murder investigation of her career. A great mystery with great characters and a fab location, The Murders at Fleat House is definitely one to read. The book world lost a literary star last year when popular fiction author Lucinda Riley sadly passed away. Even the reappearance of her handsome, Irish ex who wants a quick and easy result doesn't distract her from following the leads she has sniffed out. Su cadáver es encontrado en Fleat House, uno de los internados, y el director se apresura a explicar que fue un trágico accidente.