9 /10
RATING
The Appeal
by Janice Hallett
Snappy Review
The format of this is just fantastic – mystery via text and email – but pay attention or you’ll miss the vital clues!
Book Synopsis
Described by The Sunday Times as ‘A modern Christie’, this is an extraordinarily inventive crime debut in which the reader is challenged to solve the crime.
ONE MURDER. FIFTEEN SUSPECTS.
CAN YOU UNCOVER THE TRUTH?There is a mystery to solve in the sleepy town of Lower Lockwood. It starts with the arrival of two secretive newcomers, and ends with a tragic death. Law students Charlotte and Femi have been assigned to the case. Someone has already been sent to prison for murder, but they suspect that they are innocent. And that far darker secrets have yet to be revealed…Throughout the amateur dramatics society’s disastrous staging of All My Sons and the shady charity appeal for a little girl’s cancer treatment, the murderer hid in plain sight. Will Charlotte and Femi solve the case? Will you?The standout debut thriller of 2021 that delivers multiple brilliant twists, and will change the way you think about the modern crime novel.
CAN YOU UNCOVER THE TRUTH?There is a mystery to solve in the sleepy town of Lower Lockwood. It starts with the arrival of two secretive newcomers, and ends with a tragic death. Law students Charlotte and Femi have been assigned to the case. Someone has already been sent to prison for murder, but they suspect that they are innocent. And that far darker secrets have yet to be revealed…Throughout the amateur dramatics society’s disastrous staging of All My Sons and the shady charity appeal for a little girl’s cancer treatment, the murderer hid in plain sight. Will Charlotte and Femi solve the case? Will you?The standout debut thriller of 2021 that delivers multiple brilliant twists, and will change the way you think about the modern crime novel.