Absorbing crime thriller set in North Wales.
This book introduces DC Ffion Morgan of North Wales CID. When its wealthy developer dies at an extravagant New Year’s Eve party on The Shore property, she and DC Leo Brady of Cheshire Constabulary are called in and forced into a partnership to investigate. The five new luxury lakeside cottages in view of the village of Cwn Coed are stunning as they sit along Lyn Drych right under the Pen y Ddraig mountain. The locals are not happy with the English invasion and there are many who wanted Rhys Lloyd dead.
I really enjoyed this book and all its characters. I had read the second book in the series earlier and felt the need to read the origin story so I went back and dug this out this one. I don’t often do that, but I am glad I did. I feel much differently about this series now and look forward to the third one.
The narrative flips back and forth between characters and in time but it is a compelling mystery plot with some surprises along the way. I liked the way that Ffion and Leo’s relationship develops over the course of the story. I really savored all the details about the setting and the description made me want to put the locale on my bucket list.
I was able to listen to the audiobook while also following along in the e-book and it’s a fine thing I did because the pronunciations would have stymied me and I thoroughly appreciated hearing the appropriate accents. The narrator did an excellent job of voicing the characters. Well done all around. The audio definitely enhanced my enjoyment of the book.
This is the first in a series that should be read in order.
Genre-tags - crime thriller, mystery, North Wales
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