The Last Party
The twisty thriller and instant Sunday Times bestseller
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4.2 • 20 Ratings
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- $12.99
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Publisher Description
THE TWISTY NEW THRILLER AND TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
IN A VILLAGE WITH THIS MANY SECRETS, A MURDER IS JUST THE BEGINNING . . .
On New Year's Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests.
He's celebrating the success of his lakeside holiday homes, and has generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbours.
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.
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.
With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn't who wanted Rhys dead . . . but who finally killed him.
A GAME OF LIES, THE NEXT DC FFION MORGAN THRILLER, IS OUT NOW!
'Superb, devilishly clever, with echoes of Agatha Christie' PATRICIA CORNWELL
'Wickedly enjoyable' THE TIMES
'Mackintosh is just getting better and better with every book' PETER JAMES
'Leo and Ffion make a storming debut in this twisty tale' BELINDA BAUER
'A dark delight of a murder mystery!' JANICE HALLETT
'Warm, atmospheric, ingenious - this is the new crime series you need in your life' WILL DEAN
'Insanely gripping' ERIN KELLY
'Mackintosh is a genius' FIONA CUMMINS
'An absolute triumph' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'Brilliant, so atmospheric' RUTH WARE
'Whipsmart' LINWOOD BARCLAY
'DC Ffion Morgan is complicated, funny and very sweary' LOUISE CANDLISH
'Twists that blindside you all the way' MARI HANNAH
'Every chapter ends on a cliff hanger' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A party that ends with a body floating in water. Detectives dogged by unresolved issues from the past. An investigation that straddles the border between two countries. A community buckling under the weight of secrets and resentment. These may not be entirely unique tropes for a crime thriller but that matters nothing when they’re put to such compelling use. Mackintosh carves a patient but deliciously snaking whodunnit from the drowning of a minor celebrity in the village of Cwm Coed on the Wales-England border. The story is told from multiple perspectives but two excellent characters in particular provide the enthralling focus: DC Ffion Morgan (from the Welsh Police) and English detective Leo Brady. Both convincing and complex, they form a tense and awkward—but surprisingly effective—partnership in an investigation that throws up plenty of suspects as well as some exhilarating twists.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This superb blend of psychological thriller and police procedural from bestseller Mackintosh (Hostage) begins with the discovery of Rhys Lloyd's body on New Year's Day in freezing Mirror Lake, which straddles North Wales and England. Rhys grew up in the village of Cwm Coed on the Welsh side, where he became disliked for building a luxury vacation development on the British side that the villagers believed would spoil the area and price them out. The case falls to Det. Constable Ffion Morgan of the North Wales Police and Det. Constable Leo Brady of the Cheshire Constabulary. Their working relationship doesn't start well because on New Year's Eve they had a one-night stand using fake names. Awkward doesn't begin to describe the situation, but the two professionals find their investigative skills complement each other. Ffion was raised in Cwm Coed, an advantage and drawback, as she knows everyone, including their secrets, while Leo's outsider status allows him to be more objective. A gripping portrait of two fractured people merges with believable plot twists, and the author perfectly captures the ennui of a small town where gossip can destroy lives. Mackintosh consistently entertains.
Customer Reviews
Great Read
A great read, with twists and turns right until the last page! Couldn’t put it down.