Exciting police procedural set in East Anglia at a private boarding school. Great leading characters, multiple enthralling storylines and dark humour. Only downside was the middlepart, because it was a little long-winded. Sad that Ms Riley has passed away - such a great talent and this could‘ve been the start of a promising new thriller series.

Thank you NetGalley / Pan Macmillan for providing me with this arc in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve read all of Lucinda Riley’s books and The Seven Sister’s series is my absolute favourite. When I saw that there was another book coming out by my favourite author, I got all excited.

Mystery, suspense, crime and relationship dynamics feature in this novel which is set in East England and follows the death of a student in a private boarding school. One death leads to two and then to three. Detective Jazz Hunter is asked to return to work after a leave of absence and head up the investigation. Here we get to know Jazz, her family and many other supporting characters such as the main suspects, all taking us on a journey of “who done it” and why.

I will read anything by this author and very much enjoyed The Murders at Fleat House. It’s a very different type of read from her usual books but done well with a great pace and a very interesting way of interweaving the characters together. I now realize after reading some of the other reviews that Mrs. Riley has since passed away. I am so sorry to read about this.

Thank you to NetGalley and Pan MacMillan for granting me an advanced copy of The Murders at Fleat House in exchange for my unbiased review.

This is the first book I read by Lucinda Riley and I’ve really enjoyed it. It’s a classic mystery thriller, with engaging characters and veery well crafted plot. It kept hooked from the first chapter and I couldn’t put it down until I knew the end, which was very good. I really recommend this book.

Hugely enjoyable. What a shame she won't be writing any more books like this because it easily could have made for a very good series. It's a well crafted story that leaves you guessing to the very end. It's in the classic English crime tradition, and as we all know, Lucinda Riley knows how to write to keep the reader hooked. A very satisfactory ending, too bad there is no next instalment.

Fleat House is one of the accommodation blocks in a boarding school in Norfolk. With themes including bullying, toxic masculinity, mother love and dysfunctional relationships the author creates a climate of credibility as the murders are revealed. The plot is skillfully crafted so that the denouement is very satisfying.

The publishing world lost a bright star last summer with the untimely passing of Riley, who charmed millions of readers with her stories of love and family. This mystery is so different from Riley’s other works, but it’s so well plotted and written, it makes me even sadder that we lost Lucinda before she could weave us more stories of murder and mayhem. The death of a student at an exclusive boarding school in Norfolk pulls DI Jazz Hunter away from her job in London, back to the local force as a favor to her old boss. Far from being a well liked and respected student, the victim was a bully, widely disliked by almost everyone who knew him. Jazz gets little help from the faculty, who are reluctant to get involved. The disappearance of another student and the death of a teacher ramp the investigation up to a fever pitch, threatening to derail Jazz’s illustrious career, and her own mental health

Are you a fan of Lucinda Riley? Her great stand-alone novels as well as her Seven Sisters series? Are you impatiently waiting the last book in the series, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, which won’t be out till May 2023? Then read on..

When an author writes outside of the genre they are best known for, I am sometimes a bit circumspect as to how successful they will be. I am very happy to say her fans will not be at all disappointed in this book. If you are a crime reader and haven’t read her historical series, then you are in for a treat as well. I am very sad that she is no longer with us to have been able to continue writing as this would have made an excellent ongoing series to rival Ann Cleeves' Vera and Shetland.

Lucinda’s talent at building characters around an absorbing story are on full display in this clever, twisty tale of jealousies, family secrets and revenge set in a private boy’s school in Norfolk England. Full of Agatha Christie style red herrings, it will have you quickly turning the pages to find out more.

Highly recommended!