Reviews - The Murders at Fleat House

803 reviews for:

The Murders at Fleat House

Lucinda Riley

3.81 AVERAGE

sarah_ev2025's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

izabzh's review against another edition

3.0

I DNFed the first book of the 7 sisters series, but I thought a mystery by the same author would be more to my taste, and it was.
While I was moving to a different flat and was tired to the bone by carrying heavy boxes and furniture, this novel was good to come black to in the evening. An accident happened in a school, but was it really an accident or was it murder ? Is it related to another death that happened years ago ? I mostly enjoyed this book and found it relaxing, enjoying it with a nice cup of tea.
However, I generally appreciated the main female character but not her sentimental life and reactions. I also thought she relied a bit too much on instinct, even if, of course, it worked for the case. The novel would have obtained a higher rating without that.

ofbooksandtrees's review against another edition

1.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Read September 2025
Ugh, this was just so clunky... It read like a bad first draft (which, let’s be honest, it might have been considering it was written in like 2006, or so, and then published in 2022, with minimal editing, after the author passed away the year before.)

Also, I’m always surprised when there’s this much sexism in a novel written by a woman (though granted, it was written many years ago) Oh, and of course the gay teacher sexually assaults a student.. Should have just DNFed this to be honest.

lollyreadsss's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ieeeeks's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Leuke, relaxte detective. Het plot zie je niet van mijlenver aankomen, maar is ook niet extreem ingewikkeld. De beschrijvingen van Riley zijn ontspannen te noemen, ze pent de klassieke 'stadse topdetective neemt zaak aan in slaperig stadje waar iedereen elkaar kent' sfeervol neer, je kunt de kustplaats goed voor je zien. Het leest dus makkelijk weg, maar is tegelijkertijd ook spannend. Je denkt echt met de detective mee.

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darkplotclub's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I soft DNF it a while ago as I couldn’t get into it at halfway mark and picked it up again now. I was hooked at the beginning but that fizzled out later. Second half way not as good as the first half.