A Fatal End by Faith MartinMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ray Reason and his band are on the brink of breaking into the bigtime. They have a regular spot on a Saturday night at one of Oxford's less than salubrious night clubs. Then Ray is found dead, halfway down a spiral staircase. The coroner court jury brings in a verdict of accidental death but coroner Clement Ryder understands the medical evidence and is convinced it must be murder.
Roping in young WPC Trudy Loveday to assist in the investigation, and with the help of his son Vincent who is spending his holidays in Oxford with his father, Clement delves into the seedy world of night clubs and finds plenty of suspects. Is it the nightclub manager who is skimming profits from the owners? Or the aristocratic famous music agent who is trying to sign the band? Or one of his bandmates unimpressed by his attempts to change the name of the band and make himself the lead? What about his bandmate's pushy girlfriend? What about his respectable girlfriend who finds herself in the family way? Has he been seeing other girls behind her back?
Another gentle yet engrossing detective story involving the unlikely duo, albeit the smarmy newspaper reporter sniffs out the best clues and delivers them on a platter for them to digest. I have now read two of these books and thoroughly enjoyed them both.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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