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* THE NEW FIENDISHLY CLEVER MYSTERY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SMASH-HIT BESTSELLER THE APPEAL * Get ready for the sudden-death round... Mal and Sue Eastwood were once the kindly landlords of a local village pub, The Case is Altered. They ran a weekly pub quiz and were well liked by their customers and colleagues alike, always happy to lend a helping hand. But now The Case stands empty, its windows boarded up. What could have happened to Mal and Sue? Did The Case close because it was failing? Was it because of the body pulled from the nearby river? Or perhaps it had something to do with the quiz? It had always been a quiet affair, five teams of locals battling it out for a small prize pot. Until one day a mysterious new team of outsiders arrived, and started winning every round... Only by sifting through the quiz sheets, the WhatsApps, and Mal and Sue's hidden past may the truth be revealed. Someone's not playing fair, so get the drinks in and see if you can get a perfect score.

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Another brilliant, literary puzzler from Janice Hallett. Through text threads and emails and pub quiz results she manages to create a fully-formed world, one with dark twists and reversals, but also one that brims with her signature wit, along with just the right amount of genuine pathos. Her best book yet -- Peter Swanson, author of THE KIND WORTH KILLING Brilliantly twisted, laugh-out-loud hilarious and devilishly addictive. I loved every line of it -- Louise Candlish, author of OUR HOUSE I found myself devouring a hundred pages at a time... Like with any good pub quiz I was challenged, energised, baffled, puzzled - and hooked -- J.M. Hall, author of A SPOONFUL OF MURDER Brimming with heart, humour and human foibles, all wrapped up in a deadly whodunnit. This is Hallett at her very, very best -- Jonathan Whitelaw, author of THE BINGO HALL DETECTIVES Once again, Janice Hallett has delivered a stand out, original thriller... Perfectly combining a dark and sinister mystery with sharp observation of character, Hallett wraps it beautifully with her signature wry sense of humour. I was glued to this book from start to finish - a pub quiz has never been so sly. Marks 10/10 -- L.V. Matthews, author of THE TWINS A drop everything and cancel your plans book that will have you racing through the pages and guessing until the very end. There's no need to phone a friend to figure out why Janice Hallett has so many fans. What a brilliant read -- Victoria Selman, author of TRULY, DARKLY, DEEPLY Sharp, clever, unusual and twisty -- Louise Swanson, author of END OF STORY Ferociously clever and deeply relatable, the plot is precision-tooled and coated in trademark Hallett ironies and observations. As always, it's the spaces between the words that makes the difference; the pressure Janice puts on these is her great contribution to literature -- Oskar Jensen, author of HELLE AND DEATH Another triumph from Janice Hallett. A brilliantly worked puzzle where the final pieces only click into place in the last few pages. Throughly satisfying, clever and tricky -- Guy Morpuss, author of A TRIAL IN THREE ACTS A cocktail of fun and mystery that will keep readers turning the pages to the end. With twists a-plenty and an eclectic cast of characters, this is one pub quiz you won't want to miss -- Rachel Louise Driscoll, author of NEPHTHYS Gripping, whip-smart and compelling as ever, and made me snort-laugh at least once a page -- Adam Simcox, author of THE DYING SQUAD

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Janice Hallett is the author of five Sunday Times bestselling novels, most recently The Christmas Appeal and The Examiner. Her smash-hit debut novel, The Appeal, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and won the CWA Debut Dagger Award. The Twyford Code won the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year, and The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. She lives in West London.

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