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A FATAL NIGHT



SYNOPSIS

New Year’s Eve, 1962

As a snowstorm rages outside, Oxford high society gathers to ring in the new year at the city’s most exclusive party. This is a soiree no one will forget… not least because a guest is found dead in his car the next morning.

It seems the young man tragically froze to death overnight after crashing into a snowdrift – but when WPC Trudy Loveday and coroner Clement Ryder are called in to investigate, they discover a tangled web of secrets that plainly points to murder.

With everyone telling different stories about that fateful night, only one thing is clear: several people had reason to want the victim dead.

And if Trudy and Clement don’t find the cracks in each lie, the killer will get away with the perfect crime.


Title: A fatal night
Author: Faith Martin
Series: Ryder & Loveday Mystery #7
Publisher: HQ Digital
Publication date: November 11, 2021


REVIEW

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

How is it already book 7 in the Ryder and Loveday Mystery Series? It must be true that saying that says time flies when you’re having fun! And that’s exactly what I’m doing with this series. I’m enjoying it so, so much! I love both main characters and the cozy mysteries are always entertaining.

It is Christmas, 1962, when temperatures remained below zero in the UK for several months and snow was the daily companion in British people lives. When after a New Year’s Eve party a man is found dead in his car it seems a clear case of an accident due to the weather conditions, but soon Dr. Ryder and WPC Loveday suspect the death is not as clear cut as it seems.

I love how the characters are developing as the series progresses. Trudy is still up against her mysoginist colleagues, but step by step she’s gaining some new allies in the police force thanks to her impecable job.

Dr. Ryder’s health seems to have taken a turn for the worse, so it will be interesting to see how Trudy and everyone else in his life react when he can no longer hide his ailment.

The mystery was a really good one and all the vivid descriptions about the weather and how they dealt with it helped me to immerse myself in the story.

Is that a new love interest in Trudy’s life I detect? Please, let it be! Vincent  really grew on me as the story progressed and I can’t wait to see him get himself involved in another of his father and Trudy’s cases.

Another winner in this lovely series. Now I just need for book 8 to be released soon!

Thanks to NetGalley and HQ Digital for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

 

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