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The Night in Question

Susan Fletcher

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Bantam
06 August 2024
When life becomes a mystery, it's never too late to uncover the truth... Discover the rich, complicated, dazzling life of Florence Butterfield, 2024's uniquely lovable and inspiring protagonist.

'A wonderfully warm and involving page-turner.' Clare Chambers, Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Pleasures -------

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.

Prize-winning author Susan Fletcher's The Night in Question is an absorbing and uplifting story with a uniquely loveable protagonist at its heart.

' Fletcher's

prose is extraordinarily lyrical . . . and her themes are profound.' Sunday Times 'A gifted storyteller' Independent 'Fletcher unpeels with delicacy and insight the complex layers of the human heart.' Guardian
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Imprint:   Bantam
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 32mm
Weight:   537g
ISBN:   9781787637429
ISBN 10:   1787637425
Pages:   448
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for The Night in Question

Our octogenarian heroine’s determination to investigate a violent crime on her doorstep, leads her to reflect on her colourful past of love and loss, in this wonderfully warm and involving page-turner * Clare Chambers, Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Pleasures * A wonderful, life-affirming novel, full of surprises, tender of heart, and infused with a spirit as warm and generous as any I have read. It's a gripping literary whodunnit and so much more . . . I adored it. * Emma Stonex, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lamplighters * Full of unforgettable characters, a beguiling mystery with gorgeous prose, The Night in Question completely captured my heart. Florence Butterfield is a woman I will never forget and her story is one that had me in all kinds of tears. A triumph. * Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things * It's brilliant * Daily Mail * Totally original, this water-colour pretty novel is as surprising as it is inspirational. I loved it! * Katie Fforde *


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