Twist of Fate by Sally RigbyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars.
Sebastian Clifford and his partner Lucinda 'Birdie' Bird are called in by the local police to assist with a series of robberies which are confounding the detectives. Each household had a (different) state of the art security system and CCTV, yet none of the alarms were tripped. The thieves entered the houses when the owners were known to be away from home and only stole selected items, sometimes leaving more valuable pieces behind. Short of an invisibility pill, they can't work how the thieves managed it.
Obvious things like security systems, staff, suppliers etc have all been cross-checked and no similarities are emerging. Even worse, as they probe deeper it seems that several of the victims had hosted events at their homes in the weeks preceding the robberies, potentially widening the pool of suspects.
Meanwhile, Seb's daughter Keira is back from university, distraught because her boyfriend has ditched their travel plans for some work experience. Then she discovers an old school friend has had a social media makeover and is now an influencer - one who attended at least one of the events preceding the robbery. But is her gentle questioning about to get her in too deep?
I enjoyed this, it is only the second book I have read in the series but it is an enjoyable detective story of the cosy variety. I think in the previous book I felt he relied a bit too much on being a member of the aristocracy to gain him introductions, but while he used his father's name to get a meeting there was nothing jarring in this book. Also the fact that the police requested their assistance meant Seb and Birdie had access to forensics and CCTV camera footage.
Overall, a pleasant mystery that had enough red herrings and suspects to keep me guessing.
Available on Kindle Unlimited.
I received an ARC from the publishers via NetGalley.
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