Bleeding Heart Yard

A Novel

By: Elly Griffiths

Narrated by: Nina Wadia, Candida Gubbins, Jane Collingwood

A murderer strikes at a school reunion—but the students are no strangers to death— in this propulsive, twisty thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway Mysteries

Is it possible to forget that you’ve committed a murder?

When Cassie Fitzgerald was at school in the late 90s, she and her friends killed a fellow student. Almost twenty years later, Cassie is a happily married mother who loves her job—as a police officer. She closely guards the secret she has all but erased from her memory.

One day her husband finally persuades her to go to a school reunion. Cassie catches up with her high-achieving old friends from the Manor Park School—among them two politicians, a rock star, and a famous actress. But then, shockingly, one of them, Garfield Rice, is found dead in the school bathroom, supposedly from a drug overdose. As Garfield was an eminent—and controversial—MP and the investigation is high profile, it’s headed by Cassie’s new boss, DI Harbinder Kaur, freshly promoted and newly arrived in London. The trouble is, Cassie can’t shake the feeling that one of them has killed again.

Is Cassie right, or was Garfield murdered by one of his political cronies? It’s in Cassie’s interest to skew the investigation so that it looks like it has nothing to do with Manor Park and she seems to be succeeding.

Until someone else from the reunion is found dead in Bleeding Heart Yard…

Surprisingly excellent

I was hesitant to listen to anything other than the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths, but finally took a chance on this series. It’s quite wonderful, very kind and lovely and clever. The narrator was excellent. So now I wait for the next one.

Good mystery

Always good writing but it was tough for me to keep track of all the many characters in the book.

I love this series.

Elly Griffiths is an excellent mystery writer and I like the new location and characters she has introduced to this series. It makes me hopeful there will be many more to come.

Loved it!

I’m a huge fan of Ellie Griffiths’ Ruth Galloway series and this very different novel did not disappoint!!!

delightful

Another wonderful story by Ellie Griffith.
She has created very likable characters in Anna and Cassie.
Star and Chris are very like able as well.
Finally, the chief protagonist, Harbinder Kaur, is created without the usual stereotypes while creating Indian characters.
Cassie and Pete's relationship is also written very well
I did not find the solution, particularly believable, hence the 4 stars