Blog tour: The Night in Question

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Welcome to the blog tour for The Night In Question by Susan Fletcher!

More about the book…

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.

More about the author…

Susan Fletcher was born in Birmingham and studied English Literature at the University of York.

Whilst taking the MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, she began her first novel, Eve Green, which won the Whitbread First Novel Award (2004) and Betty Trask Prize (2005).

Since then, Susan has written seven novels - whilst also supplementing her writing through various roles, including as a barperson, a cheesemonger and a warden for an archaeological excavation site near Hadrian's Wall.

Most recently, she has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Worcester.

She lives in Warwickshire. 

My impressions…

There is something special about an octogenarian main character. Perhaps it’s the fact that they have already lived long and full lives by the time that the events in the book start, and yet there is so much more in store for them. Whatever it is, I loved Florence (Florrie) Butterfield.

Moving into an assisted lived facility after losing a leg, she finds herself in the middle of an investigation into two ‘incidents’. Supported by an incredible cast of characters, like the lovely Stanhope Jones, she will get to the bottom of these mysteries while, at the same time, revisiting her life.

I know I haven’t done any justice to this wonderful book, so please go and read it. You can thank me later!

Three words to describe it. Warm. Uplifting. Moving.

Do I like the cover? Yes, it’s striking.

Have I read any other books by the same author? No. Time to correct this!

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