The Last Party: The twisty thriller and instant Sunday Times bestseller (DC Morgan)

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Fantastic, drily humorous and layered, a wonderful introduction to Detectives Leo and Ffion‘ LJ ROSS

Clare Mackintosh - Sunday Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh - Sunday Times bestselling author

This is mind spinning, complex, absolutely deeply layered and well written small town murder mystery! Like the TV series Broadchurch and the novels of Ann Cleeves, this wonderful novel takes the reader―through twists and turns, and red herrings aplenty―deep within a community. Crime fiction is a whole lot better now that DC Ffion Morgan has arrived." ― First ClueThe book the transfers over to Leo Brady’s point of view. He is a Detective Constable for Cheshire Major Crimes Unit. He is off to identify the body that has washed up. It is believed to be a missing person that was reported from The Shore, Rhys Lloyd. Johnty and Charlton – resides at Number 1; they have two small kids: Woody and Hester. Johnty is an investor in The Shores Ffion take Leo to her house to get Seren’s old things to give to Leo to get his apartment suitable for Harris to live with him. After he has gotten the room set up, he reaches out to a lawyer to start the process to keep his son from moving out of the country with his ex. He then scans Rhys’ phone records and finds that Rhys had called Ffion on New Year’s Eve.

The Last Party: The twisty thriller and instant Sunday Times

A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. Summary of plot: on New Year’s Eve a very rich, popular singer Rhys Lloyd is found death, floating in the freezing water of the lake, found by townies who want to swim in the lake as a New Year tradition. With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn’t who wanted Rhys dead…but who finally killed him. Her best yet. A picturesque setting, wonderful cast and a pair of detectives you'll love. Plus I guarantee you'll never guess whodunnit." ― Mark Edwards, author of Here to StayNew Year’s Eve. Seren. Seren goes to the party, she bums a ride with Huw. She is wearing her super short dress. Her mom thinks she is going out with her friends. She runs into Mia, Mia is worried for her. Caleb asks her out but realizes she likes Rhys. Seren goes to Clemmie’s lodge to talk to the twins and Caleb and let the twins know they need to bring their dad a sandwich to eat, per their mom’s request. She gets upset because Rhys won’t pay attention to her. Rhys Lloyd threw a big party party at that night. There are too many witnesses and also suspects because Rhys wasn’t a good man and touched so many people’s lives and ruined them including his own family. October. Mia. Mia is cleaning Glynis’s house and she is looking for some files. She take the pictures from when they were in high school that Glynis found. Mia is exchanging messages with Bobby – they are in love. She then goes to visit Huw to get keys from him to get into The Shores but he can’t find them. She goes to tidy up Bobby’s place and Rhys comes in and tries to make a move on her. He won’t let her say no. Thankfully, Dee sees it happening and frightens Rhys away. She consoles Mia.

The Last Party: A Novel: Mackintosh, Clare: 9781728250960

Mid-August. Seren. Seren has been watching Tabby and Felicia and Caleb all summer. Caleb catches up to her in the woods and they start to hang out. Mia Williams – Ffion’s friend, 2 years ahead of Ffion in school – she is the cleaner for The Shores Seren calls Ffion to yell at her and tell her she found out that she is her mom. They also find out that Rhys had texted Seren to “wear the dress” in a flirtatious way. Christmas Day. Clemmie. They do the Christmas Day swim. After, when she is feeling happy, Rhys confronts her and tells her she needs to pay the balance (400k!) on her lodge.On New Year's Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His vacation homes on Mirror Lake are a success, and he's generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbors. Macintosh spins The Last Party in a whirl of directions and throws in so many surprises that you totally do not see coming! She really keeps us on our toes throughout with redirection and then laces in bits of humor hidden in the recesses of the dry police crime procedures. She even throws in characters you love to hate! Yesss! Superb. A compelling murder mystery told with warmth, humor and enough red herrings to keep even the most seasoned crime reader guessing." ― C.L. Taylor, author of Sleep She grew up in the tiny community, so the murder suspects are her neighbours, friends and family – and Ffion has her own secrets to protect. This book is deeply layered, with all the connections and relationships that are going on. Things we think are true, are not and some things we never even considered are happening right in front of us. Everyone in this book seems like they have a motive and the author kept me guessing until the very end! Everyone in this book has a secret, and Rhys has the most!

The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh | Hachette UK The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh | Hachette UK

But the deeply layered character stories, Wales and England detectives’ forced teaming up, elaborated descriptions of the area, smart dialogues, the plot line about multiple suspects keeping ugly secrets including main character, well structured development about a victim who is the worst man damaged people’s lives are brilliant elements that attract my full focus.

I’m a big fan of author! Normally if any other authors created a slow burn murder mystery with a large of number characters, I would have a second thoughts to get into the story and I could stop reading to grab another book. stars! On New Years Day, while the village of Cwm Coed is taking place in their annual plunge into the lake, a body is found. Who is the body? Is it a murder? And how did they end up in Mirror Lake on New Years day? Ffion Morgan has a village of suspects and each person seems to be a suspect and have had a problem with the victim. Everyone in the village seems to have secrets, even Ffion. Layers of historical and social context deepen the allure of this icy murder mystery set in North Wales. On New Year's Day, Ffion Morgan has a village full of suspects. The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbors, friends and family―and Ffion has her own secrets to protect.