Who is the detective in First One to Die?

The detective is DCI Matilda Darke, a Sheffield detective who must solve a murder that lands uncomfortably close to home.

What is First One to Die about?

A phone call sets things in motion and DCI Matilda Darke and her team must solve a murder case that seems built to test them, with the unsettling sense that this first death may not be the last.

Is First One to Die a dark crime novel?

It is a dark and tense police procedural, and the shop describes it as a good choice for crime readers who like that kind of story.

First One to Die

A killer call, a murder close to home, and no one wants to be the first one to die.

Reading guide

This is the only book under this title, so it can be read on its own as the place to start. There is no reading order to follow.

A phone call sets things in motion and DCI Matilda Darke is faced with a murder that lands uncomfortably close to home. She and her team must solve a case that seems built to test them, with the sense that this first death may not be the last.

Description

A phone call sets things in motion, and before long DCI Matilda Darke is facing a murder that lands uncomfortably close to home. She and her team must work a case that seems built to test them, with the unsettling sense that this first death may not be the last.

Michael Wood's First One to Die is for crime readers who like their police procedurals dark and tense. Elly Griffiths has called Matilda the perfect heroine, and the publisher's blurb promises a story that will keep you guessing about who might be next.

Books in this Series

First One to Die

Community discussion

View all 0 topics →

No discussions yet. Start one.