The Final Game: A gripping cozy murder mystery

<p><em>The final case in a character-driven English village mystery series, where an off-duty distraction collides with murder. A classic whodunnit of pub-team camaraderie, shifting suspects, and a detective partnership facing its sternest test.</em></p> <p><strong>The Game Is Ending. The Killer Is Still Playing.</strong></p> <p>As changes loom at Bexford police station, Detective Sergeant Guy Poole goes looking for a distraction and finds it in the camaraderie of a village pub team. Then one of his new friends is murdered, and the distraction becomes the case.</p> <p>With a new partnership to bed in and a killer hiding amongst familiar faces, Poole has to work out whose friendship is real before the final game is played.</p> <p>The Final Game is the fifth and final book in the Brock and Poole Mysteries, a cosy murder mystery for readers who love village whodunnits, police partnerships, and puzzle plots. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, M.C. Beaton, and Richard Osman.</p> <p><strong>Praise for the Brock & Poole Mystery Series:</strong></p> <p>★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This final book of the series is one of the best. It’s packed with action and has so many characters that it’s a challenge to figure out who the murderer is. I thoroughly enjoyed this series and highly recommend it to everyone</p> <p>★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Enjoyed the plot, the style of writing, the portrayal of the characters and the fluency of the writing.</p> <p>★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nail biting stuff in between the investigations, character developments and skullduggery.</p> <p>★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Love this series, good to have to use your brain to work out the plots.</p> <p>★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This series of books is brilliant, just how I like them with an insight into the officers’ lives as well as the cases they are following.</p> <p>★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fabulous characters, engaging, humorous and believable.</p> <p>★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A very human partnership… they don’t have all the answers and are not cardboard cutouts.</p> <p>★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Brock and Poole are great characters… written with flaws and all.</p>