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

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He’s celebrating the success of his lakeside holiday homes, and has generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbours. His lakeside holiday homes are a success, and he’s generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbours. This will be the party to end all parties.

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Ffion and Leo head to talk to Angharad. Her boat is in the shop, it was dropped off the day after New Years. The lake his body is found that divides England and Wales so two detectives from different jurisdictions are in charge, teaming up for solving the case. Unfortunately those two detectives: Leo Brady from Cheshire Major Crime and Detective Constable Ffion Morgan from North Wales CD had a one night stand in New Year’s Eve. Both of them didn’t plan to see each other. But now they have to act like what happened on New Year’s Eve stays in New Year’s Eve, focusing on the case. New Year’s Eve. 11:45am. Yasmin tells Rhys she wants a divorce. He sends a text to Seren to ‘wear the dress’ meaning a short, slutty dress. He runs into Dee and she hints about Rhys’ triplets and that Seren looks so much like his twins. He realizes that Seren might be his daughter with Ffion. He tries to call her and she hangs up. He starts going through is fan mail to pass time and to calm down. He gets a paper cut on his tongue from one of the letters. Ffion shows up and freaks out on Rhys to make sure no one can find out about Seren. 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.

Membery, York (5 May 2019). "Fame and Fortune: I quit the police and found that crime pays". The Times. 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 Stay In this story, an influential musician disappears, and later found dead, after a New Year’s Eve party that he was hosting. This is basically a closed door mystery because it takes place on a small Welsh island and practically the entire town was at the party. Now, Ffion has to find the murderer in an island full of suspects. But not everyone is there to celebrate. By midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake.

The Last Party: The twisty thriller and instant Sunday Times

A truly fantastic book- part thriller, part mystery, lots of community and relationship dysfunction, romance and police procedure and best yet, some culture ( I love to learn while I read as an armchair traveler). 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. October before. Rhys. They get to the Shore for mid-term break. No one is happy to be there. He sees Mia cleaning in Bobby’s lodge and makes a move on her – from his point of view, she really wants it. They are interrupted by something. Later, Clemmie goes to take a swim but needs to get rescued by Angharad, who says she will teach her and Caleb how to sail. We find out that Rhys is doing poor financially and his agent Fleur has made a campaign to have Rhys send a signed photo to his fans and they take a picture of them with the autograph and post it with a hashtag to get sales stirring.

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December 27. Steffan. Steffan finds out that Rhys was never going to give him the business and was setting up a sports shop at The Shore. Steffan had put a lot of money into his boat shop in preparation to get more business. Steffan is ruined. He starts drinking again Overall: this is not my all time favorite work of the author but the writing is so good. It was long and keeping taps on lots of characters was a little exhausting but I still enjoy to get lost in this smart, challenging murder mystery! The ending was heartbreaking and moving! The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbours, friends and family – and Ffion has her own secrets to protect. 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.

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

Celebrating our inspirational female authors - Higher Online". Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. This is mind spinning, complex, absolutely deeply layered and well written small town murder mystery! The next day, Leo looks into the stalking and threats that Rhys filed complaints about. His ex wife Allie shows up to tell him she is moving to Australia with her boyfriend and taking Harris with. We find out that Leo left Harris alone and he was scared – that’s what Allie is holding over his head.

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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. In October 2016, the French translation of I Let You Go ( Te Laisser Partir) won "best international novel" at the Cognac Festival Prix du Polar awards. [4] In March 2017 publisher Little, Brown announced that I Let You Go has sold over one million copies worldwide.

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Detectives Leo and Ffion make a storming debut in this twisty, cleverly-layered tale of worlds colliding." ― Belinda Bauer, author of Snap 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.

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! 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 Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a free advance e-reader copy in exchange for an honest review. Leo and Ffion take to interviewing the residents of The Shore. They don’t get anything useful about Rhys’ evening. Ffion goes to watch the CCTV of the entrance to the Shores – and deletes it, leaving us wondering why.