Rise to the Fly - BookWyrm

ASIN:: B09VH9J9DT

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Will the police or a devious killer win this battle of wits?

A quiet corner of Wales becomes the centre of a murder investigation when the bodies of a retired couple are found near the shore of a reservoir.

Police try to establish the methods and motives of their attacker by careful examination of the crime scene. And, bizarrely, fishing flies are found in the victims’ mouths.

The investigation into people connected to the area begins to focus on a family farm. But how were the victims connected to it?

When Madog, an elderly member of the small community disappears, the detectives become pretty sure someone on the farm is responsible. But who? And why?

Will finding Madog lead them to the killer? Or have the police themselves fallen into a clever trap?

RISE TO THE FLY is the sixth standalone title in a bestselling series of atmospheric mysteries set …

Will the police or a devious killer win this battle of wits?

A quiet corner of Wales becomes the centre of a murder investigation when the bodies of a retired couple are found near the shore of a reservoir.

Police try to establish the methods and motives of their attacker by careful examination of the crime scene. And, bizarrely, fishing flies are found in the victims’ mouths.

The investigation into people connected to the area begins to focus on a family farm. But how were the victims connected to it?

When Madog, an elderly member of the small community disappears, the detectives become pretty sure someone on the farm is responsible. But who? And why?

Will finding Madog lead them to the killer? Or have the police themselves fallen into a clever trap?

RISE TO THE FLY is the sixth standalone title in a bestselling series of atmospheric mysteries set in mid-Wales. The full list of books, all FREE with Kindle Unlimited and in paperback, is as follows:

THE SILENT QUARRY
FROZEN MINDS
SUFFER THE CHILDREN
A KNOT OF SPARROWS
LIES OF MINE
RISE TO THE FLY
WINTER's CRY

If you enjoy mysteries set in evocative locations that keep you guessing until the very end, you’ll love this suspenseful title by one of Wales’ best crime fiction talents.

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ridel reviewed Rise to the Fly by Cheryl Rees-Price (DI Winter Meadows, #6)

A Phenomenal Police Procedural

4 stars

Rise to the Fly is exactly what I expect from Cheryl Rees-Price: a phenomenal police procedural, full of characters driven by a mix of logic and emotion that is so realistic that most authors fail to capture. Everyone is flawed and has made mistakes, and relationships are always fragile, but when DI Winter Meadows and his team arrives to solve yet another murder, we get to witness everything fall apart. Before going further, I loved this novel and recommend it to any and all murder mystery readers.

That said, I wish I hadn't read the back of the novel, because it sets up expectations that weren't in the story. If possible, you should skip reading what marketers thought would help sell the book, because the novel is fantastic but being mislead, I closed the book feeling a bit underwhelmed.

To explain what I mean... well, the core of novel retains …

Rise to the Fly is exactly what I expect from Cheryl Rees-Price: a phenomenal police procedural, full of characters driven by a mix of logic and emotion that is so realistic that most authors fail to capture. Everyone is flawed and has made mistakes, and relationships are always fragile, but when DI Winter Meadows and his team arrives to solve yet another murder, we get to witness everything fall apart. Before going further, I loved this novel and recommend it to any and all murder mystery readers.

That said, I wish I hadn't read the back of the novel, because it sets up expectations that weren't in the story. If possible, you should skip reading what marketers thought would help sell the book, because the novel is fantastic but being mislead, I closed the book feeling a bit underwhelmed.

To explain what I mean... well, the core of novel retains what I love about a Winter Meadows novel. Meadows is incredibly sympathetic, and there is a finely-crafted multi-layered mystery that could possibly be solved before the heroes solve it. Certainly I was kicking myself at the end for not spotting the clues. That said, the end of the novel was a mad rush, and Meadows's team felt a bit absent. I would have appreciated a longer page count so that the extended characters could have gotten more 'screen time' -- it's been a while since we've seen our heroes grow.

What I'm saying is that Rise to the Fly is very episodic: a standalone novel that doesn't ask you to read any of the previous novels. That's fine. But I'm a fan, and I want more than that.

Recommended.