The Killer Question
the Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Appeal
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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* THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *
'Murderously good' - DAILY EXPRESS
'An addictive whodunnit' - iPAPER
'So clever, you'll want to read it again' - WOMAN AND HOME
The answer is murder. The question is whodunnit?
A quiet country pub stands empty, its windows boarded up. And its kindly landlords, Mal and Sue Eastwood, are missing.
What could have happened? A lot of strange events occurred in the days before the Eastwoods disappeared. A murdered man pulled from the nearby river. An eccentric couple on a houseboat who claimed to be led by a spirit guide. And a mysterious new team who suddenly appeared and began winning every round at the weekly pub quiz - much to the anger of the locals. They must have been cheating, but no one could figure out how...
Can you crack the case of the missing landlords? Someone's not been playing fair, so get the drinks in and see if you can get a perfect score.
'Hallett's most fiendishly brilliant book yet' - DAILY MIRROR
'Hallett is a master of misdirection' - GUARDIAN
'Nobody does the cryptic whodunit like Hallett' - GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hallett (The Examiner) continues to stretch the limits of the epistolary mystery in this playful tale of murder at a weekly trivia night. The Case Is Altered is a struggling pub on a British back road that relies on its quiz crowd to keep the lights on. When a new team shows up and trounces the regulars, accusations of cheating escalate until somebody's found dead in a nearby river. This being a Hallett novel, much of the story comes together through trivia categories, WhatsApp messages, police interviews, and emails. The focus is on Dominic Eastwood, nephew of The Case Is Altered's owners, who is pitching a true crime documentary to Netflix about an earlier tragedy at the pub. Those familiar with Hallett's brand of puzzle-solving will have a ball piecing together the meticulously placed clues. Some choices—like the decision to list the pub's trivia categories but not any questions or answers—feel like pulled punches, but for the most part, Hallett is at the top of her game. It's a wickedly satisfying ride.
