Reunited with her loyal sergeant, she enters the closed world of the school and begins to probe the circumstances surrounding Charlie Cavendish's tragic death. For those who are worried this might be too YA, rest assured there was little teenage angst and few teen characters, and all the POV’s (police/suspects/victim/s) were adults. 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. The book actually reminded me strongly of the Anglian Murders series– which is set in the 70s- with both really selling it on the small town, gritty kind of crime fiction subgenre. 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.

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). Fleat House is a small boarding school in Norfolk, England and the unexpected and tragic death of one of the school’s pupils raises serious questions. The Murders at Fleat House is a suspenseful and utterly compelling crime novel from the multi-million copy global bestseller, Lucinda Riley. 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.Now this manuscript has been released the world as The Murders at Fleat House, a twisty police procedural mystery. The Murders at Fleat House is the suspenseful and utterly compelling crime novel from the author of the multimillion-selling The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley. La protagonista Jazz es una policía que ha pasado una temporada retirada del cuerpo de policía debido a un problema personal. Si no hay raíces, el ADN extraíble es el mitocondrial, el que se hereda exclusivamente por vía materna.

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. La autora nos plantea el supuesto asesinato de un alumno en un prestigioso colegio donde los sospechosos son pocos pero todo señala a uno. It's also very obvious that it was written over 15 years ago when the characters talk about things like "this is how women are", "that's a man thing" and the horrible "boys will be boys" attitude when talking about bullying.I didn't get the sense of place that I usually get with this author's novels, and there is an awful lot of dialogue, hence the four stars rather than five. Planowała do niej powrócić, zredagować na nowo, ba, planowała rozpocząć nowy kryminalny cykl, jak tylko zakończy serię Siedmiu Sióstr. A senior pupil, Charlie Cavendish, has been found dead in his room one morning, ostensibly from an epileptic fit.

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. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and sold thirty million copies worldwide. Made for some tense reading, knowing the murderer was likely to strike again with everyone distracted.todo al contrario, porque la historia se desarrolla en un colegio tradicional inglés, repleto de secretos y de. Known for her successful historical contemporary drama novels, this was the only mystery Riley ever penned, and I think she did a wonderful job creating a unique, memorable, multi-layered mystery.

He chose to honour his mother by leaving it unchanged, which I respect, but it means that this is not as good as it could’ve been with comprehensive editing and correction of various mistakes.I guessed most of the twists (including the murder), but I like books where my guesses are correct, so that’s a bonus. Reunited with her loyal sergeant Alastair Miles, 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. Life gets complicated when personal issues force Jazz to divide her attention between her life and the case. Por momentos me ha recordado a Agatha Christie, y también me ha traído a la memoria a Ann Cleves e incluso a M.