The Killer Question

A Novel

De: Janice Hallett

Narrado por: Matt Bates, Rachel Dale, Sarah Durham, Joe Eyre, Keith Wickham, Harvey Quinn, Jennifer Saayeng, Ashley Tucker, Melissa Vaughan

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Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The New York Times, LitHub, BookBub, Goodreads, and many more!

Janice Hallett, “the new queen of crime” (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub’s weekly trivia night, revealed through quiz categories, phone messages, and email correspondence.

Sue and Mal Eastwood run an isolated rural pub called The Case is Altered where a weekly trivia game has revived its flagging fortunes—that is, until a body is found in the nearby river. Soon after, a mysterious new team arrives and shakes up the diverse field of regulars by scoring top marks in every round...every week.

Meanwhile, Sue and Mal have a secret of their own. Before arriving here, they were caught up in a secret police operation which meant they had to leave town—and whatever happened back then seems to have finally caught up with them.

Five years later, the pub lies derelict, and their nephew Dominic is determined to make a documentary about their story. What happened at this unassuming pub? And can a single question really kill?

Creative, fun, binge-worthy listen

One of my favorite mystery reads all year. The author speaks in a voice that is so conversational and well-written, I feel as if i’m spending time with a good,smart friend.

A twisty mystery!

Great characters, scenarios, performances and story! Brilliant on audio. One of my favorite mysteries. Bravo!

Clever

Clever story and storytelling method. Another great one by this author. Will read others in future.

very disappointing

story and characters underwhelming, very disappointed. no one to root for. ending predictable even tho convoluted. whole story kind of irritating.

Annoying people and noisy

I hated it, waste of money. Disappointed in the New York Times review. The idea was creative but poorly executed.

A disappointment

I like the setting of the story: the pub quiz culture and I enjoyed much of the humor. However, the story is tedious and contrived. The idea that people would carry on such detailed conversations in text is hard to believe and tedious to read. The “twists” in the last third of the book are far fetched—beyond my ability to suspend my disbelief.