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The Last Party

By: Clare Mackintosh
Narrated by: Chloe Angharad Davies
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Publisher's Summary

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER AND START OF A THRILLING NEW SERIES: AT MIDNIGHT, ONE OF THEM IS DEAD. BY MORNING, ALL OF THEM ARE SUSPECTS . . .

On New Year's Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests.

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.

But not everyone is there to celebrate. By midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake.

On New Year's Day, DC Ffion Morgan has a village full of suspects.

The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbours, 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, a murder is just the beginning.

©2022 Clare Mackintosh Ltd (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK

Critic Reviews

"Superb, with echoes of Agatha Christie." (Patricia Cornwell)

"A dark delight of a murder mystery." (Janice Hallett)

"Detectives Leo and Ffion make a storming debut." (Belinda Bauer)

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The characters

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A bit hard to understand the welsh but interesting and enjoyed it

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Terrific!

Will definitely be recommending this one. Looking for the next by Clare Mackintosh. Picked some of the mystery… but only by supposition… well conceived mystery!

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My newest crime fiction addiction

Great characters, many twists and turns. I’m looking forward to the next DC Morgan book!

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Brilliant!

I can’t described how much I enjoyed this book. I was kept guessing right until the end. Fabulous narration, great plot and thoroughly enjoyable

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Too dragged out..

I am usually a fan of Clare Macintosh but it could hardly wait to finish it and move on..

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Great Welsh setting

Mackintosh is one of my go-to authors when I want to read a good slow-burning mystery, and even though THE LAST PARTY wasn’t my favourite by the author, it still made for an intriguing read. Extra credits go to narrator Chloe Angharad Davies, without whom I would never have known how to pronounce the Welsh names and quotes in the story – and who brought each character to life for me.

Popular singer Rhys Lloyd is dead, and half of the locals of the small Welsh community of Cwm Coed seem to have a motive for murder. With so many people hating the man, solving the crime won’t be easy, even involving two murder squads, one from England and one from Wales.

With an extensive ensemble cast, multiple timelines and suspects galore, this police procedural allowed for plenty of armchair sleuthing. Unfortunately I found Rhys, the victim, so repulsive that I almost wanted to give a medal to his killer for ridding the community of a menace (or is it politically incorrect to admit this?). I did, however, really enjoy the chemistry between the two main investigating detectives, DC Ffion Morgan and DC Leon Brady. The picturesque Welsh lakeside setting made for a wonderful backdrop, and I was longing to take a plunge into its icy waters.

With this being the first of a series, we are bound to see more of Ffion and Leo, and I am very interested to see how their relationship will develop and what other crimes they will get to solve.

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Excellent

Will be reading more from this author.
This was a terrific read. I did not guess the ending . The two main characters are well drawn and all set to continue on for a few more books.

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Glad to have found this wonderful author

Excellent characters , great plot. Had me hooked from the beginning. Will be watching for the next instalment.

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Not a fan of Clare M anymore

I didn’t like Hostage and I didn’t like this either.
I think because better authors have come out like Alice Feeney and Harriet Tyce.

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