Another coldcase gets DI Hillary Greene investigating the death of interior designer Felix Olliphant back in 1999.
An enjoyable, well-written mystery with some good developed characters plus a couple of new recruits to the team. I really like how this series has developed and look forward to reading more. ( )

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My rating: 4.5 Stars

Felix Olliphant's body was found during a party. He was brutally murdered, and it was determined that he was drunk at the time. This fact is highly disputed because everyone interviewed said that he was a teetotaler. Yet, the autopsy showed a high content of alcohol. This was in 1999 and ex-DI Hillary Greene and two new team members are now working to solve this as a cold case.

There is no doubt that Hillary will solve this case, because she has a reputation that is second to none. She looks up every lead and talks to everyone she can find, although it has been many years since the murder. Meanwhile, one of the new team members is rather suspect and she must also keep an eye on him.

I have read the previous two books in this series, although I do wish I read the rest, and enjoyed this as much as I did those. Hillary is as solid as they come and has a an incredible work ethic. Murder at Midnight is a smooth and easy read. I really like Faith Martin's writing style and loved reading this book. This is a great police procedural story with a nice twist with Jake, one of the team members. As mentioned, this book is part of a series, but there are enough explanations easily made that it can be read as a standalone. I really need to read the next in the series, because this was left with just the right cliffhanger. Indeed, I can barely wait!

Many thanks to Joffe Books, Books n All Promotions and to NetGalley for this ARC to review and this is my honest opinion. ( )

I love a good mystery/thriller and this was good. From my understanding, this is a rewrite of “A Narrow Victory”, book number 15 in the DI Hillary Greene series. I had not read any books in this series but this works nicely as a stand alone. Hillary Greene was a superwoman in terms of solving crimes as a DI and with her relatively new civilian position working on cold cases, her solve rate is very high. She seems very astute in her police work but is extremely insecure in her private life. She is working with her boss who is also her lover and she seems to misinterpret his feelings for her often. It’s a bit inconsistent that someone who can read people so well on the job seems to be a out of touch in her private life. Her team consists of an older retired cop and two interns, a goth girl and a wealthy entrepreneur who has suspicious motives for joining the CRT. I'm assuming his suspicious motives will be the topic of book 16. Together the team works to solve the murder of an interior decorator committed on New Year’s Eve 19 years prior. While the story is well thought-out, the investigation plods along and then suddenly, poof, Hillary has solved it all and it wasn't an overly obvious solution. I had a difficult time with the writing style. The language is often obtuse and the descriptions of people and places contain so many British idioms, metaphors and slang that it was difficult for me to read. Not being British, I had to look up words often and some weren’t in the dictionary. I could suss out the meanings but some I just had to gloss over and guess what the writer meant and this was a bit annoying for me. The language felt very stilted and was at times awkward for me, as a non-Brit, to read. Since this is a rewrite, I would have expected the editing to be better, making it more accessible to a wider audience.. That being said, it was a good mystery but I probably won’t read any of the other books in the series. I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed are my own. ( )

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A return to form for me, after my disappointment with instalment #14. Hillary has two new recruits, one of whom is up to something, which will no doubt be revealed in due course. The cold case she is investigating revolves around the murder of a universally liked man at a New Year's Eve party in 1999, and the plot is focussed almost exclusively on this, after a very slow first few chapters. I wish the author did not feel the need to recite Hillary's entire backstory at the beginning of each novel, but she does... The solution to the mystery involves a bit of a deductive leap on Hillary's part and a helpful confession by the murderer, but made sense and was satisfactory. Hillary and Steven continue to be adorable. ( )