Fair Play - Louise Hegarty

The cover of Louise Hagerty‘s debut novel, Fair Play, definitely caught my eye with the large letters and bright colours. I always think ‘cosy read when I see a manor on the cover.

And I wasn’t far off. Part one introduces us to a group of friends getting ready to celebrate a birthday and Happy New Year’s with food and drink. A murder mystery game is on the menu as well. We easily and quickly get a handle on who’s who and the relationships amongst them. You can it see it right? Yes indeed, one of them is…

Part two threw me and I loved it! There’s a number of documents detailing what should and shouldn’t be in a mystery book. I’m going to let you discover those - they were fun to read. But getting back to the crime…. A very well known detective is brought in to see if he can find the answer to who and why. I loved the style of this part. I’ll let you find out if the detective solves the crime.

And part three is completely different and I wondered why it was written this way. And what was actually written. I had to go back and read that part again and I think I’ve got it. Very unexpected and very clever.