Her relationship with her parents is very touching, and I liked Jonathan sadly after a point he wasn't present since the events from the case took the focus of the story! 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.

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. With everyone surrounding this space preoccupied with preserving their reputation, the resulting murder investigation into the tragic death of this student proves difficult to close. Creo que LR hubiera podido sacar de esta primera entrega una serie dedicada a la detective Jazz Hunter bastante decente. 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.

The story revolves around the death of a seventeen year old bully with a female Detective Inspector easing back into the workplace after resigning earlier in the year. 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.

Schade, dass es durch den frühen Tod Lucinda Rileys wahrscheinlich keine Fortsetzung mit der symphatischen Ermittlerin Jazz geben wird. The lack of any modern technology and Norfolk setting gave the mystery an isolated, small town feel, combining together an Agatha Christie vibe with a dark academia feel- it was a lot of fun. Then, reaching carefully for the two white tablets placed on the boy's locker every night and replacing them with identical ones, the figure turned, switched off the light and left the room.

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.

If Harry Whittaker ever does decide to extend this into a series on his mother’s behalf, like he intends to do with The Seven Sisters series, I’d be keen as. 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. Lo mejor es que la autora nos lo relata todo muy bien, de forma convencional pero atrayente, y con personajes muy de carne y hueso. I’ve loved Lucinda Riley’s work for over ten years now, so the opportunity to read a new book from this treasured author in wake on her loss last year was very much appreciated on my part.

Sadly though this was not meant to be as the author Lucinda Riley passed away last year following a four year long battle with cancer.

In the end, everything was explained, the pace was right where it should have been and the epilogue was the most satisfying. The investigation that proceeds with the arrival of Jazz and Miles reveals the secrets that have connections to events in the past. 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. A great mystery with great characters and a fab location, The Murders at Fleat House is definitely one to read.Until it is discovered that the Epilim pills Charlie took to control his epilepsy had been replaced by aspirin, a medication Charlie was deadly allergic to – a fact that was well known among the staff and pupils of St Stephen’s.