Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
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.
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, <i>The Night in Question </i>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
I found myself catching my breath at the brilliance of the insight and the clever and truthful way Susan Fletcher reveals Florrie’s complicated emotional journey. A novel filled with love and generosity, it is a triumph.
Elizabeth Buchan, Sunday Times bestselling author
Every word is a jewel. A richly evocative and moving portrait of an unforgettable heroine who will teach you everything you need to know about life and love and loss. The best book I have read for a long time.
Veronica Henry, Sunday Times bestselling author
A perfect peach of a novel! Bright and beautiful writing, a delicious cast of characters, and a moreish whodunnit plot told with warmth, wit and emotional intelligence. A novel to be devoured!
Lucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author
A novel to treasure. Susan Fletcher's magical prose sparkles, and the story bursts with optimism, compassion, and gratitude. Glorious – in both writing and spirit – it moved me to tears time and time again.
Emylia Hall, author of The Shell House Detectives
Moving, uplifting and beautifully written
The Sun
An absorbing and life-affirming story
Woman magazine
'A wonderful novel, uplifting, tender, wise, funny, sad and a page turner to boot. Florrie is a marvellous creation, warm, complex and with a huge heart. I will miss her company.'
Marika Cobbold, bestselling author of On Hampstead Heath
How I love this book! A spellbinding mystery, beautifully and richly told, with characters who dive straight into your heart. I couldn't put it down.
Hazel Prior, bestselling author of Away with the Penguins
No one explores compassion like Susan Fletcher. <i>The Night in Question</i> is not only a gripping mystery, but an exploration of every different kind of love that can be embraced in the ordinary chaos of one life.
Jane Bailey
Fletcher’s novel is a splendid riposte to every wearisome trope about ageing . . . Florrie – and <i>The Night in Question</i> – are life-affirming and wonderful
Natasha Poliszczuk, Book(ish)
Her prose is extraordinarily lyrical . . . and her themes are profound.
Sunday Times
Fletcher unpeels with delicacy and insight the complex layers of the human heart.
Guardian
Susan Fletcher is a gifted storyteller
Independent
Susan Fletcher's prose shimmers like light on water
Marie Claire
A remarkable talent with words . . . intelligent, perceptive, intuitive
Scotsman
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
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.