*** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ***
*** WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH ***
*** THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH ***
'This dazzlingly clever cosy crime novel completely trumps Richard Osman. A modern Agatha Christie' - SUNDAY TIMES
'This is a case you're about to become obsessed with. A triumph' - ALEX NORTH
'Very different but very satisfying. I thoroughly recommend The Appeal' - ELLY GRIFFITHS
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In a town full of secrets...
Someone was murdered.
Someone went to prison.
And everyone's a suspect.
Can you uncover the truth?
Dear Reader - enclosed are all the documents you need to solve a case. It starts with the arrival of two mysterious newcomers to the small town of Lockwood, and ends with a tragic death.
Someone has already been convicted of this brutal murder and is currently in prison, but we suspect they are innocent. What's more, we believe far darker secrets have yet to be revealed.
Throughout the Fairway Players' staging of All My Sons and the charity appeal for little Poppy Reswick's life-saving medical treatment, the murderer hid in plain sight. Yet we believe they gave themselves away. In writing. The evidence is all here, between the lines, waiting to be discovered.
Will you accept the challenge? Can you uncover the truth?
The standout debut thriller of 2021 that delivers multiple brilliant twists, and will change the way you think about the modern crime novel.
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'Gripping. I loved the ambitious and unusual approach' - SOPHIE HANNAH
'A daring debut... Hallett will soon have you laughing out loud' - THE TIMES
'A brilliantly fresh, ingenious and original whodunnit. So, so good' - INDIA KNIGHT
'Extremely addictive, it will reel you in, one piece of evidence at a time' - ALEX PAVESI
'Takes the whodunnit to a whole new level. A rare feat' - ELIZABETH HAYNES
'Fiendishly clever and totally gripping' - CASS GREEN
'A cracking book. Fresh, original and very clever' - MEL SHERRATT
Interesting Premise. Novel Concept. Quite Verbose. This was a book that had an interesting premise for a story and a novel concept for storytelling - particularly with its emphasis on more modern communication methods - but ultimately was just. too. long. There are so very many characters here that few of them truly get fleshed out and many of them become very hard to keep distinct even in a mind normally attuned to doing just that. And so very many extraneous details that while enhancing the epistolary feel, really drag the overall narrative to the speed of a human baby just beginning to learn to crawl. But other than these two points, the story was quite good and the overall concept is something I'd like to see done better, either in future works from this author or by other authors generally. Recommended.
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