The Night in Question, Susan Fletcher
The Night in Question, Susan Fletcher
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The Night in Question

Author: Susan Fletcher

Narrator: Jenny Funnell

Unabridged: 13 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/18/2024


Synopsis

A lyrical and emotionally engaging novel infused with mystery and wisdom about love, friendship, and the power of forgiveness. Florrie Butterfield—eighty-seven, one-legged, and of cheerful disposition—believes there can't be any more adventures or surprises in life to experience. Yet one midsummer’s evening, there’s an accident at Babbington Hall—the adult residence where she lives—so shocking and strange that Florrie is suspicious; is this really an accident? Or is she being lied to? Is she, in fact, living alongside a potential murderer? In her efforts to learn the truth, Florrie is forced to look back on her own life, with all its passions and regrets; she must confront her own bloody secret—and, at last, forgive herself. Above all, Florrie learns, through the help of her new friend, Stanhope, that you’re never too old to have the life you’ve always dreamed of. When it comes to love, it’s never too late. Readers of moving fiction about late-in-life second chances such as Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove and Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will love this un-putdownable book.

About Susan Fletcher

Susan Fletcher is an award-winning British novelist. She was born in Birmingham and studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia. Her first novel, Eve Green, won the 2004 Whitbread First Novel Award, the Authors' Club award, and the Betty Trask Prize; it was also picked for Channel 4's (UK) Richard and Judy Summer Reading list. Subsequent novels have been shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys award, the Writers’ Guild fiction award, and longlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dez the Bookworm on February 04, 2025

This is a charming novel full of cozy feels and quick wit. I loved the mystery that surrounds Florrie as she tries to solve a mysterious accident. Florie is an older resident and has lost a leg as a girl but that doesn’t stop her. I enjoyed listening to this as an audiobook as the narrators voice wa......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on April 21, 2024

I was initially enchanted by this novel. Fletcher's ability to draw characters is excellent and I enjoyed the humorous no-nonsense narrative voice of Florrie. But whilst I could see the plot has serious themes at times, the cozy old people's home crime investigation took up too much space in the boo......more

Goodreads review by Whispering on April 16, 2024

The Night in Question is a captivating novel that revolves around the life of eighty-seven-year-old Florence (Florrie) Butterfield who is living in a care home called Babbington Hall after she had to have her leg amputated and she is now wheelchair-bound. When one of the residents dies, Florrie and t......more

Goodreads review by Jayne on June 19, 2024

TRUE CONFESSION: I am an impatient reader. And this impatient reader lost patience listening to a "lyrical and emotionally engaging novel" about an "accident" in an adult residence, love, friendship, and the power of forgiveness. WHY DID I LOSE PATIENCE? The pacing was waaaay too S-L-O-W! Yes, "The Night......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on May 13, 2024

Pure reading pleasure! I loved every page.........more


Quotes

This charming blend of cozy mystery and relationship fiction will appeal to fans of Beth Morrey and Phaedra Patrick.

"Jenny Funnell impeccably presents this mystery set in an English assisted-living facility . . . Funnell's measured presentation provides enchanting descriptions, clarity throughout the story's time changes, and moments of much needed humor. Listeners will feel like they're eavesdropping on people whose lives demonstrate that aging isn't necessarily the end of life's story." —AudioFile

"Narrator Jenny Funnell has a storyteller’s voice. She is the neighbor who charms with warm yet surprising tales… Funnell’s riveting delivery of the novel’s twinned tensions of murder and emotional heartbreak is nearly impossible to pause. Listeners touched by Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures but wanting more mystery will be enchanted."—Library Journal