by Clare Chase
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Murder on the Marshes
A Tara Thorpe Mystery Book 1
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‘Wow what a book!… One of the best mysteries I have read! Loved it from start to finish and couldn't put it down! A masterpiece!’ Renita D’Silva, 5 stars
As the sun rises, a wealthy young woman – Samantha Seabrook – is found drowned in the ornamental fountain of a deserted Cambridge courtyard, the only clue – an antique silver chain wound tightly around her throat.
It’s Tara Thorpe’s job to discover what happened to Miss Seabrook – but the case becomes personal when she learns that Samantha had been receiving death threats… rather like the one that landed on Tara’s doorstep the night the woman died.
Together with Detective Inspector Garstin Blake, Tara tracks the killer to the dank and dangerous fens on the outskirts of the city. But there’s something Tara can’t quite admit to Blake about her past – and it could make all the difference to whether they live… or die.
An absolutely gripping page-turner that will keep you hooked until the very last page. Perfect for fans of Faith Martin, LJ Ross and Joy Ellis.
The first in a series of unputdownable Cambridge mysteries featuring Thorpe and Blake.
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Books by Clare Chase
Murder on the Marshes
Death on the River
Death Comes to Call
Murder in the Fens
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A Letter from Clare
Thank you so much for reading Murder in the Fens. I do hope you enjoyed it as much as I liked writing it! If you’d like to keep up to date with all of my latest releases, you can sign up at the following link. Your email address will never be shared, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
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I got the idea for this book after thinking about people’s sense of right and wrong and how that might vary, according to their priorities and their backgrounds. For my story, I imagined one of my characters gradually getting sucked into a situation where they were behaving in an immoral way, but one that might just about be forgivable – or at least understandable – under certain circumstances. And then I imagined how that situation might develop, so that the same character was gradually blurring right and wrong to a greater and greater extent, until, ultimately, they crossed a horrifying point of no return. Of course, if you’ve read the book now, you’ll see that the character in question is surrounded by others with a total lack of morality and that also had its effect.
If you have time, I’d love it if you were able to write a review of Murder in the Fens. Feedback is really valuable, and it also makes a huge difference in helping new readers discover my books for the first time.
Alternatively, if you’d like to contact me personally, you can reach me via my website, Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram. It’s always great to hear from readers.
Again, thank you so much for deciding to spend some time reading Murder in the Fens. I’m looking forward to sharing my next book with you very soon.
With all best wishes,
Clare x
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Death on the River
A Tara Thorpe Mystery Book 2
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Do you love absolutely gripping murder mysteries? Meet Tara Thorpe – she’s Cambridge Police’s newest recruit… but her dark past is never far behind her. Perfect for fans of Faith Martin, LJ Ross and Joy Ellis.
When a body is pulled from the dank and dangerous fens on the outskirts of town, everybody assumes it was a tragic accident. But Detective Tara Thorpe, newly joined and determined to prove herself, suspects there’s more to the story.
Tara is desperate to investigate further, but her supervisor Patrick Wilkins has other ideas. He would rather die than let this ambitious upstart show him up – even if it means some digging in Tara’s secret past to keep her under his thumb. After all, it’s not like he can report her – everyone knows that his boss Detective Garstin Blake and Tara have a history…
When another body is found, it becomes clear that there’s a killer on the loose. Could the murders be linked to the secrets that Tara has been keeping from her team… and can she solve the case before another innocent dies?
An unputdownable page-turner that will keep you hooked until the very last page!
Death Comes to Call
A Tara Thorpe Mystery Book 3
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Tara Thorpe may be Cambridge Police’s youngest detective, but that doesn’t stop her from cracking its most dangerous cases. Perfect for fans of Faith Martin, LJ Ross and Joy Ellis.
When a promising local artist disappears, the victim’s brother begs Detective Tara Thorpe to take the case. It seems there’s no evidence of foul play… he simply disappeared without a trace.
Tara agrees to do some digging… never mind that her unorthodox approach to policing has got a few of her colleagues’ backs up. Amongst them is her former supervisor Detective Patrick Wilkins… he’s had enough of Tara calling the shots and will do anything to knock her down. She must be careful.
At least she has an ally in their boss, Detective Garstin Blake. He’ll always back her hunches. If anything, they work together too well… at least, that’s the rumour around the station these days.
When a body of a young woman is found frozen near the fens, Tara’s evidence suddenly becomes key to solving a high-profile murder. Is their missing artist still a victim… or in fact a clever murderer with a deadly plan?
An unputdownable page-turner that will keep you hooked until the very last page!
Acknowledgements
Loads of love and thanks to my immediate family as ever: to Charlie for the eagle-eyed pre-submission proofreading, to George for the encouraging witty banter when I got the jitters, and to Ros for the fab feedback and later corrections. (I hope you like Tara and Blake’s ending!) Much love and thanks also to my parents for their most excellent cheerleading, and the same to Phil and Jenny, David and Pat, Warty, Andrea, the Westfield gang, Margaret, Shelly, Mark, Helen, Lorna and a whole band of family and friends.
Thanks also to the fabulous Bookouture authors and other writer mates both online and IRL for their friendly support and insights. It makes so much difference. I’d also like to express massive appreciation to the book bloggers and reviewers who’ve taken the time to pass on their thoughts about my work.
And then crucially, thanks to my fantastic editor Kathryn Taussig, who’s steered me through this first series for Bookouture with inspiring feedback, excellent ideas and friendly support. It’s been a hugely enjoyable experience and I’m so thrilled to have the chance to work with her again on a new set of books. Massive thanks too, to Maisie Lawrence, Peta Nightingale, Alexandra Holmes, Fraser, Liz and everyone involved in the editing, book production and marketing process at Bookouture. And enormous thanks as ever to Noelle Holten, for the phenomenal promotional work she does – above and beyond the call of duty – alongside the amazing Kim Nash. I feel hugely lucky to be published and promoted by such a wonderful team.
And finally, thanks to you, the reader, for buying or borrowing this book!
Published by Bookouture in 2019
An imprint of StoryFire Ltd.
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Copyright © Clare Chase, 2019
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events other than those clearly in the public domain, are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.