Tantor Audio have released some of my favourite audiobooks, so I was delighted to see that they are releasing Russell Cooper’s Murder on Friday Street. Well read by Bronwen Price, the hilariously entertaining novel follows a group of former MI6 spies as they dig into a cold case.
When Randolph Vine was murdered in the quiet village of Friday Street, it was quickly closed as a failed mugging gone wrong. His death left his daughter Charlie (NEVER Charlotte) orphaned, and she moved in with Randolph’s old friends, twins Cedric and Ambrose, who became her guardians.
10 years later and new clues to Randolph’s death come to light, and it may link back to his work with MI6, where he worked with Cedric and Ambrose, and Linus Pope.
And so we follow the adventures of Charlie and the band of retired spies, who left behind a life of espionage for a rural life of honey making and gentler pursuits.
And when it looks like they’re reaching a dead end, they call in their former boss – Verity Fanthorpe, who rocks up in her clapped out campervan.
Between them, they work to dig up secrets from their espionage pasts in Russia and Germany, to find out what happened to their old friend and finally be able to give Charlie the answers she needs.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel – murder, mystery, intrigue, with an absolutely riotous cast of characters, sparky dialogue and a satisfying conclusion. I’m off to pick up the rest of the series on ebook, as this is a world I’ve loved being immersed in.
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