Fair Play

A detective calls on a shell-shocked group of friends in this thrillingly inventive novel of love and grief with a murder-mystery twist. A blazing, inventive novel about the mark we leave on the lives of others, that plays out in ways you least expect - very much like life itself. Abigail and her brother Benjamin have always been close. To celebrate his birthday, Abigail hires a grand old house and gathers their friends together for a murder mystery party. As the night goes on, they drink too much and play games. Relationships are forged, consolidated or frayed. Someone kisses someone they shouldn`t, someone else`s heart is broken. In the morning, everyone wakes up - except Benjamin. Suddenly everything is not quite what it seems. An eminent detective arrives determined to find Benjamin`s killer. The house now has a butler, a gardener and a housekeeper. This is a locked-room mystery, and everyone is a suspect. As Abigail attempts to fathom her brother`s unexpected death in a world that has been turned upside down, she begins to wonder whether perhaps the true mystery might have been his life...