Invitation to Die is the second in the short two-book (so far) Inspector Redfyre series by Barbara Cleverly, who is maybe better known for her Joe Sandilands series. I've enjoyed several titles in that series, and also in Cleverly's Leatitia Talbot series, but haven't yet read either Redfyre title. Now
Invitation to Die has dropped to $1.99 in the US, and £1.47 in the UK.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KDX5RF7
Kobo US:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/invitation-to-die-4
Kindle UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KDX5RF7
Spoiler:
Quote:
An invitation to dine turns deadly as DI John Redfyre returns for his second investigation.
Cambridge, 1924 in early summertime. May Balls, punting on the Cam, flirting and dancing the tango are the preoccupations of bright young people, but bright young Detective Inspector John Redfyre finds himself mired in multiple murders.
One morning, his dog discovers a corpse neatly laid on a tombstone in the graveyard adjoining St. Bede’s College. An army greatcoat and well-worn boots suggest the dead man may have been a former soldier, though the empty bottle of brandy and a card bearing the words “An Invitation to Dine” on the victim ring a discordant note. Even more unsettling is the autopsy, which reveals death by strangulation and unusual contents in the stomach from the man’s last meal. Redfyre learns that this murder is one of several unsolved cases linked to a secretive and sinister dining club at St. Bede’s.
Redfyre, himself an ex-rifleman, becomes caught in a dark tale of revenge, betrayal and injustice—a lingering mystery from a long-forgotten war. With the unlikely assistance of his lead suspect, he gradually unearths the dead man’s story and fights to right an ancient wrong.
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