Opera

Julie Anderson

SYNOPSIS

After retiring from a successful career in the civil service, Julie Anderson turned her attention to writing. Along with the Cassie Fortune mysteries Plague, Oracle and Opera, Julie has authored two children’s novels and a collection of short stories. She is the Chair of Trustees for Clapham Writers, and is one of the creators and organisers of Clapham Book Festival. Plague and Oracle have been widely praised and Julie has created a downloadable walking tour guide of the London sites in Plague. 

MY REVIEW

If you are interested in political crime thrillers, this is a series you do not want to miss. 

Opera is the last in the Cassandra Fortune trilogy and although can be read as a stand alone I would highly recommend reading Plague and Oracle, and the background leading to some of the events in Opera.

Although this is a work of fiction it scarily resembles some current goings on in Westminster. 

Cassie is a very strong female lead character. Pushed out of her job at GCHQ soon after her boss retired, she now works as a personal aide to the Prime Minister. 

Having already solved murder cases in the previous books, she now wants to investigate the reason she was ousted from her role at GCHQ. She contacts her ex-boss, retired head of GCHQ and whip smart Angela, for help only to make a gruesome discovery when she arrives at her home. Angela has been murdered.

Now Cassie has more on her plate. As well as her personal investigation into losing her job, she is also investigating Angela’s murder and finds clues from her ex boss about a case Angela was investigating in her retirement. Is this the reason she was murdered?

Who can she trust? Is there a traitor inside the government? Is she a target now?

Oh and in her day job she had to make plans for Greek ministers to visit, including organising for them to visit the opera and ensuring security is airtight. 

A brilliantly plotted tale with many high ranking players, any of whom could be a murderer. 

Thank you so much to the author for my early eARC

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

After retiring from a successful career in the civil service, Julie Anderson turned her attention to writing. Along with the Cassie Fortune mysteries Plague, Oracle and Opera, Julie has authored two children’s novels and a collection of short stories. She is the Chair of Trustees for Clapham Writers, and is one of the creators and organisers of Clapham Book Festival. Plague and Oracle have been widely praised and Julie has created a downloadable walking tour guide of the London sites in Plague.