The Night In Question

The night In Question

By Suzan Fletcher

Genre:-Women Sleuths/Detective Fiction/Adventure Stories and Action

Pages:-448

Publisher:-Bantam/Transworld

Blurb:-Florence Butterfield has lived an extraordinary life full of travel, passion and adventure. But, at eighty-seven, she suspects there are no more surprises to come her way. Then, one midsummer's night, something terrible happens-so strange and unexpected that Florrie is suspicious. Was this really an accident, or is she living alongside a would-be murderer? The only clue is a magenta envelope, discarded earlier that day. And Florrie-cheerfully independent but often overlooked-is the only person determined to uncover the truth. As she does, Florrie finds herself looking back on her own life... and a long-buried secret, traced in faded scars across her knuckles, becomes ever harder to ignore.

 Readers of Elizbeth is Missing, Small Pleasures or Dear Mrs Bird will love prize-winning author Susan Fletcher's The Night In Question-an absorbing and uplifting novel with a uniquely loveable protagonist at its heart.

 'A wonderfully warm and involving page-turner.' Clare Chambers, Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Pleasures.

 'A life-affirming novel, full of surprises. It's a gripping literary whodunnit and so much more...I adored it,' Emma Stonex, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lamplighters.

 'Every word is a jewel. A richly evocative and moving portrait of an unforgettable heroine who will teach you everything you need to know about life and love and loss. The best book I have read in a long time.' Veronica Henry, Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Find Love in a Bookshop.

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My Review:-Florence (Florrie) Butterfield has had an interesting life, travelling to many places...North African, Paris, Bas camp of Everest as well as remote Scottish towns. Florrie now 87 years old and a resident of Babbington Hall Residential Home and Assisted Living, after a freak accident with a Silent Night based, ending up in a wheelchair with one leg. But that doesn't stop Florrie enjoying her life. After the death of Arthur, a resident at the care home trips and dies, followed by Renata, the manager of the care home tumbling from her upper floor window, everyone thinking it was an attempt to kill herself. Florrie knows that something isn't right about it and decides she's needs to look into both case a bit deeper. With the help from Stanhope Jones, another resident of the care home they start looking what did happen to Renata that left her in a coma in hospital. Florrie had only been talking to Renata early that day about finding love and Renata had asked Florrie if she had ever been in love, it did leave Florrie think about memories and stories of her past that she was going to share with Renata but there was no sign that Renata was thinking about killing herself. 

 The book has great bunch of characters, Florrie is a great character on her own but when you add others such as Stanhope, a Polish Goth carer, an vicar, and a couple of sister-in-laws each having their own part in the story, it makes it so much more.  This isn't just a cosy crime, there is so much more friendship, love and also loss.