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Where's There's a Will (The Delamere Files Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Jackson Marsh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 120 ratings
Will and Jack Merrit are set a simple task: Journey to an island in the Bristol Channel to attend the reading of a will. Why? No-one knows.

Charles Marisco can guess what’s in his father’s will. Everything will go to his twin brother, Simon, because he was born first. However, Charles has other things on his mind, namely, his best friend, Barrett Newton, a man he would like to know more intimately.

A storm-lashed castle, a remote island, and a cast of eccentric characters set the stage for Will and Jack Merrit's most baffling case yet—one that grows deadlier as the body count rises.

This is the fourth book in the Delamere Files series. The books should be read in order.
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    The Delamere Files
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    June 19, 2024
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CW19X6SF
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 19, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.2 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 308 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 4 of 7 ‏ : ‎ The Delamere Files
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    4.6 out of 5 stars 120 ratings

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Jackson Marsh is an award-winning author, composer and lyricist. His novels mix bromance, history and facts with thrilling plots, and mainly revolve around gay characters. Originally from the UK, he now lives in Greece.

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Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, with one mentioning its great mysteries. They appreciate the character development, with one customer particularly liking Ned and the nanny.

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Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, with several noting that the stories keep getting better, and one customer highlighting the compelling plots and great mysteries.

"All the books in this series are exceptional. Great characters and great mysteries...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the characters in the book, with one specifically mentioning their appreciation for Ned and the nanny.

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"...Ned is a delightful character—the best thing about book 4." Read more

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  • Tony Williamson Jr
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great case as always
    Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2025
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    All the books in this series are exceptional. Great characters and great mysteries. If you have not, do yourself a favor and read the very first in the original series. It is titled "Deviant Desires"
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  • Johnny T. Townsend
    5.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 but I'll round up
    Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2024
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    Love that "Where There's A Will" is mostly Will's story. Agree with some others that Charles and Newt aren't quite as compelling as I'd like. Their "politeness" as they try not to offend each other is grating, but I've read plenty of Jane Austen novels and Victorian novels where this kind of talk is routine, so it completely fits the time period. I love the castle, the storm, the secret passages, and all the other deliberately "classic" features of the story. I like Ned and the nanny, loved the way we finally understand the nanny's words. I appreciate flawed characters, but I do hope at some point Jack stops treating Will like a baby. I like how Jack can calm him when necessary but he's also too patronizing, and Will is justifiably irked. So am I. Teasing is fine but some of Jack's behavior is condescending. But if there's continued character growth in the next novel and Jack can be a little less offensive, I will like that development. If it sounds like there's a lot I didn't like, remember that I've given this a 4.5. These are minor quibbles. I'm thoroughly enjoying this series and can't wait for the next volume.
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  • Slimjakes
    5.0 out of 5 stars There is a mystery treasure in book 4 of the Delamere files
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2024
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    Where there’s a Will has a fun and twisty storyline which I enjoyed and I think you might also enjoy
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  • Anthony Pisacano
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo Will!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2024
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    As always, Jackson Marsh has gifted us another brilliant story.
    The fourth installation of the Delamere series, brothers Will and Jack Merritt are sent to a remote island to bear witness to the reading of a will.

    Will is in charge of the investigation and true to form does it only the way Will can, “precisely”.

    From the first paragraph to the conclusion, my attention was immediately grabbed and I was transported back to a time and place designed by the creative writings of Jackson Marsh.

    We finally got to know much more about Will Merritt and follow his journey, not only in the process of trying to solve his first case, but in his attempts to deal with his idiosyncratic behavior.

    Throughout the story there are hints as to the answers to a riddle set forth at the reading of the will. For me some were easy to discern at first, but as the story, progressed, the hints and clues became complicated. Needless to say, I left it up to the detectives to solve.

    Where there’s a Will is another “must read“ by Jackson Marsh. His stories keep getting better and better, the plots are compelling and the reader becomes more connected to the characters.

    I enjoyed every minute of this story and as I just found out today through the author’s newsletter, he is already thinking of the next book in this series.

    Till then, I will be anticipating his stand alone biography of his Godfather, which will soon be released.
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  • JTeuy13
    2.0 out of 5 stars Did not enjoy #4
    Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2025
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    You know how it will end, and getting there was rather tiresome. I enjoyed meeting Ned and look forward to his character development in the next book. If it were not for meeting Ned, I'd recommend skipping book 4. Ned is a delightful character—the best thing about book 4.
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  • Iskra
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
    Reviewed in Italy on September 16, 2024
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    Simply loved the island, the castle, the isolation, the almost constant feeling of threat and the very horrible father of the twins. And of course the wonderful, brilliant, ‘precise’ Will Merritt. If you enjoy isolated castles, storms, riddles, high stakes and murders, this book is for you. A great one again by Mr Marsh.
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  • SebFox
    4.0 out of 5 stars There is definitely the Will for this series to continue
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2024
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    We’ve finally reached that point in the series where the literary reigns are handed over to Jack’s younger brother, Will. Now Will’s not a stranger to the first person narrative, for those of you who have already read Jackson Marsh’s incredible collection of short stories “1892” you will already know this, but this is the first time we’ve heard his adult voice taking centre page. And it’s the obsessive compulsive mind of Will Merrit that opens the book as Jackson Marsh gently drops us into the head of our new narrator and eases us into the workings of a mind that is going to take the lead in this next chapter of the Delamere Files.

    In the opening of the book we get to meet a man who is methodical in thought as he is precise in his observation. Someone as imprisoned by routine as he is freed by the clairvoyance of his intellect. A beautiful soul shadowed by the ghosts of silent scrutiny who are as real to Will as his own brother. Within the first few pages we are painted a glorious picture of a gentle man bound up by a deductive mind that would be the envy of many but with an obsessive nature from which Will can’t escape. Or so we think. Because it’s not long before we see Will trying to move away from his compulsive behaviour and push the envelope of his own reality towards that of others. But it’s that Holmesian mind that he so effortlessly pulls out the bag that shocks the reader, as it does the casual observer, by its powers of deduction.

    The setting of this book is a castle on a tiny island in the Bristol Channel. In true Christie fashion a cast of characters are gathered together for the reading of a will that will set off a series of events that draws our investigators and the others together in a mystery disguised as a treasure hunt. One of these characters is the twin brother Charles whose deceased father has left a “treasure hunt” challenge that may see Charles inherit the estate over his older, crueler brother Simon.

    Now to me this sounds like an ideal premise and a great mystery for Will to solve. But for that premise to really work the side characters have to be interesting and engaging, and that was not really the case for me. I think the primary problem was the character of Charles as he was written in the first part of the book. He was chosen to be our “second narrator” and in the early part of the book he came across as someone I found pretty dull. In previous books Jackson Marsh has balanced Jack with people like Larkin who made for entertaining narrators. It not only gave you a different view point to Jack’s but the change in the prose made the text really interesting to read. But with Charles, much like the weather around the islands, there was a greyness to his tone and I found myself wishing we’d hurry along to another chapter with Will. Even Charles potential love interest Newt wasn’t enough to win him over as a character. Newt was a pretty despicable character with very few redeeming qualities, so it was hard to see what Charles actually saw in him. But that’s not to say Jackson Marsh has not written some excellent new characters. The nanny is another classic comedic addition to the Jackson Marsh playbill. Subtle in appearance but expertly drawn. Even Ned was a breath of fresh air against the gloom of Charles. Now if Ned had been the second narrator then this might easily have been up there with Jackson Marsh’s best works. With Ned and Will being the two sides of our narrative insight into Will’s mind would have really propelled this story. But unfortunately having two, not very likeable characters on the opposite side of the story telling put a lot more pressure on Jack and Will to carry the book. But thankfully they easily lived up to the task.

    We finally get to see Will’s deductive mind from behind the curtain as it were, and the crack of that verbal whip he uses to put obnoxious people in their place with just a few choice observations. The introduction of Simon being a wonderful example of the nerd standing up to the bully. But we also start to see the how debilitating it is for someone whose focus is so much in “the detail”. The precise detail, to be exact. How that behaviour robs his mind of the freedoms so many of us take for granted. And as Jack so expertly points out, stops him seeing the wood for the trees.

    What I am loving about this series is that Jackson Marsh has tried to keep the focus very much on the two brothers. Unlike his Clearwater series where there were so many central characters it was a challenge to balance them all in each of the stories, here the 2 brothers sit front and centre at the heart of each book. With the likes of Larkin and Jimmy occasionally making guest appearances in the different stories, the Delamere Files remains rooted in the journey of these incredible brothers, aided and abetted by some sublime writing by an author who continues to deliver. And together Jack and Will just sparkle on the page. The scene where they play fight on the bed and the one where Jack brings Will out of his mental state of panic, show the real breath and depth of brotherly affection. These scenes are written so well I was left hungry for more and all the more sad when the focus shifted away from them.

    However when the investigation truly gets underway, around the 50 percent mark, the book really begins to engage you as the mystery element starts to take prominence. And although we don’t care for some of the other side characters or who gets to inherit what, we do care for Jack and Will and the desire to get this mystery solved. And just like in the previous book, when the bothers come together on the page, the book crackles with life and any gloom from earlier just dissipates from the text. The final act is full of tension and features a neat little scene showing Will’s deductive neurons in action. I loved the heckling audience of Will’s mind and think this is an excellent visual descriptive device used by the author. As a neuroscientist myself I am always keen to read about neurological behaviours in literature and Jackson Marsh has done an excellent job of portraying someone like Will, both intellectually and emotionally. With the introduction of a new friend for Will there is the opportunity to expand his emotional experiences beyond those he shares with his brother. And with a 5th book in the offing let’s see where this brilliant author takes us in the brothers’ next exciting adventure.
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