At midnight, one of them is dead. By morning, all of them are suspects.
It’s the party to end all parties….but not everyone is here to celebrate.
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.
But by midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake.
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.
With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn’t who wanted Rhys dead…but who finally killed him.
In a village with this many secrets, murder is just the beginning.
Release Date: Nov 8, 2022
Series: DC Morgan
Book: 1
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Imprint: Sourcebooks Landmark
Price: $9.99
When the body of a ban is found floating in a lake bordering England and Wales, DC Ffion Morgan and DC Leo Brady, who work for different police forces, are paired up to investigate. The victim is identified as Rhys Lloyd, and he was murdered at his own New Year’s Eve party. The murder took place in Cwm Coed, a small village in Wales, and Ffion has some kind of tie to almost everyone involved in the investigation. After an awkward beginning, Leo is learning to like working with Ffion, but he can tell she is hiding something and isn’t sure he can trust her.
This book starts out slowly, but once the story got going, I didn’t want to put it down. As the investigation continues, it becomes harder to find anyone who didn’t have a motive to kill Rhys than it is to find someone who did. Mixed in with the chapters told from Ffion and Leo’s points-of-view are chapters told from many of the people who attended Rhys’s party. These chapters show in detail just how much of a motive the suspects had to kill him. These chapters also helped me get to know and keep track of the large cast of characters in this book.
One of the things I really loved about the book is the way Ffion and Leo bring out the best in each other. There is going to be a follow-up book featuring Ffion, and I hope Leo plays a role in it, too. I am definitely interested in reading it when it comes out. There are many twists and turns in this book, and I was very surprised when all the facts came out. The strong finish helped make up for the slower start, and I can’t wait to read more in this series.
~ Christine
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