The Night in Question

Author Susan Fletcher
Narrator Jenny Funnell
Publisher Transworld
Run Time 13 hours and 37 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Adventure fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Modern and contemporary fiction.

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What to expect

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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 turns detective, 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 whodunnit with a uniquely loveable protagonist at its heart.

©2024 Susan Fletcher (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

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

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

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