Frank had frequently hired him to engage in BDSM, taking joy in humiliating Aiden. In his past he had worked as a male prostitute named Leo out of desperation. Ultimately Susan uncovers that Aiden killed not only Frank Parris, but also his wife. The most prominent suspects are Cecily's husband Aiden, Frank's sister and her husband, and Cecily's sister Lisa. While at the hotel Susan finds that there are many suspects, as the murder victim Frank Parris was reportedly unpleasant to the point where even his sister actively disliked him.
Susan, needing the money to help with the struggling hotel, agrees and heads back to England to help.
The Trehernes offer Susan ten thousand pounds to come back to England, stay at their hotel, and use any insight she might have gotten by editing the book to help track down Cecily. Shortly after that phone call Cecily disappears. The Treherne’s daughter Cecily had just recently read the book and called her parents telling them that the book proves that the person in jail for the murder is innocent. Conway used the details of a murder that occurred at the Treherne’s hotel eight years ago in one of his mystery novels, Atticus Pünd Takes the Case.
She is approached by Lawrence and Pauline Treherne, owners of a hotel in England, because she was the editor of deceased mystery author Alan Conway. The story focuses on the disappearance of a hotel employee and utilises a story within a story format.Īfter the events of Magpie Murders Susan Ryeland has been living in Crete with her lover Andreas, running a struggling hotel. Moonflower Murders is a 2020 mystery novel by British author Anthony Horowitz and the second novel in the Susan Ryeland series.
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