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

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Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 Lucinda fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and indeed this was where her last five books were written. Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died in June 2021. Then a particularly grim discovery at the school makes this the most challenging murder investigation of her career. Because Fleat House hides secrets darker than even Jazz could ever have imagined… The characters are wonderfully flawed, so no-one is completely off the hook as far as suspects are concerned. As Jazz begins to probe the circumstances surrounding Charlie’s death, more bodies start to pile up. As staff at the school close ranks, the disappearance of a young pupil 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 personal demons . . .

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Tenía ganas de darle una segunda oportunidad a esta autora ya que con el primer libro que leí de ella no conseguí conectar demasiado. Este me apreció ideal ya que es su primer y único libro de misterio y creo que he acertado porque la verdad es que me ha entretenido mucho y no puedo ponerle ninguna pega. To sum up, The Murders at Fleat House is an engaging mystery with an elaborate plot and a capable main lead. I enjoyed this one. 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 personal demons . . . MY THOUGHTS: Although this isn't Lucinda Riley's normal genre, I rather enjoyed what was obviously meant to be the first book in a series featuring DI Jazz Hunter. Tiene prácticamente todos los ingredientes para mantenerte enganchad@ y el final es más que correcto. Todo se va entretejiendo para llegar a la resolución sin cabos sueltos, el ritmo es ágil y los personajes no están mal. Tiene cierta dosis de denuncia social, un poquitito de romance y la cantidad justa de personajes para poder seguirlos sin coger papel y lápiz.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, and reluctantly agrees to front the investigation as a favour to her old boss. In this latest novel by Riley, The Murders at Fleat House , she transports us to Norfolk, England, home to St. Stephen’s School, an elite boarding school that has all the usual fare, entitled students, unrelenting bullies, ghost stories, favouritism, and a history of scandals, violence, and death that may be about to repeat itself. Then, another body is discovered. And the person also has a connection to Fleat House. What is going on at St Stephens? 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. This is a very enjoyable police procedural set in North Norfolk. It would make a great start to a series but unfortunately Lucinda Riley, best known for her historical fiction, sadly died last year and this was published posthumously with the help of her son.

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This book has you gripped from the first paragraph. I finished it in one day. I could not put it down. Lucinda Riley sadly passed away in June 2021. Over the years, I’ve bought most of her books and only allowed myself to read a few, saving the others for later because I’ve loved what I read so far. Thankfully I read The Murders at Fleat House, and of course I thoroughly enjoyed it. Some might say that The Murders At Fleat House is the last book written by Lucinda Riley. But that’s actually not accurate. It’s the last book published by Lucinda Riley. 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.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). Jazz is a great character, and it saddens me to think she may not have more books. I love the multiple shades in her arc. The initial mystery element of Lucinda Riley’s first crime tale was presented well. This boarding house murder mystery was intriguing and the first few chapters played out well, casting plenty of suspicion. Riley does a good job of setting her scene in the Norfolk surrounds, this location had a misty and creepy vibe. Additional tension from bullying, allegiances, privilege, power, deception, betrayal, lies, the rumour mill and even ghost stories extend the conjecture element of this tale. Riley ensures that this book contains a distinct air of tension, suspicion and mounting danger. The characters appeared to be quite a troublesome bunch and they kept me on my toes. My sense of trust, concern and blame shifted as the novel made its way from the beginning through to the end. However, I did feel that the plot was slightly bumpy in places, unclear at times and complicated. A glance at the additional notes by the author’s son reveals that The Murders at Fleat House was left fairly unchanged, with the family opting to keep the novel as close as possible to original manuscript penned in 2006. I have the utmost respect for Riley’s family in keeping this novel as close as possible to Lucinda’s voice. I do wonder if this was ever intended to be the start of a possible series continuation for Detective Jazz, who is quite an engaging lead character. 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.

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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 atmospheric scene is set almost instantly in an English boarding school. The scene is further set with descriptions of the Norfolk countryside, from the marshes to the villages by the sea. I guessed most of the twists (including the murder), but I like books where my guesses are correct, so that’s a bonus. It means the plot is logical (or as much as it can be). ;) Jeremy Trevathan said: ‘It's a great joy, though poignant indeed, to discover a manuscript after Lucinda had died that more than confirmed what we all knew: that she was a consummate storyteller and writer. This novel reveals that Lucinda could have made a name for herself in the crime fiction community. Her many fans will find much in this novel that resonates with everything they loved about The Seven Sisters.’Finally, I loved the main character DI Jazz Hunter. She was likable and I could see her carrying on in a whole series of her own. This leads me to what I didn’t like below. The Murders At Fleat House – What I Didn’t Like The Murders At Fleat House was highly anticipated by me, along with many Lucinda Riley fans, the moment we found out that she had a previously written and unpublished novel at the time of her very sad passing. Me han quedado dudas acerca de si se puede establecer la paternidad con el ADN, que se extrae de un mechón de pelo cortado, es decir sin raíces. Si no hay raíces, el ADN extraíble es el mitocondrial, el que se hereda exclusivamente por vía materna. Si tenemos dos mechones de pelo cortado, el del hijo y el del posible padre, cada uno con el ADN mitocondrial de sus respectivas madres, no tengo claro si se podría filiar paternidad o parentesco entre ambos. Ahí dejo la duda.