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The Appeal

By: Janice Hallett
Narrated by: Aysha Kala, Daniel Philpott, Rachel Adedeji, Sid Sagar
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The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year

Winner of the 2022 CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger

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. Roderick Tanner QC has assigned law students Charlotte and Femi to the case. Someone has already been sent to prison for murder, but he suspects 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 medical treatment, the murderer hid in plain sight. The evidence is all there, waiting to be found. But will Charlotte and Femi solve the case? Will you?

©2021 Janice Hallett (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK Crime Crime Thrillers Murder Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Suspense
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"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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I read a lot of crime fiction and though I enjoy the books at the time most go in one ear and out the other leaving little or no memory. This was different. The first part of the book is almost entirely transcripts of emails texts etc. Read by the characters who wrote them. I found this very compelling as information is revealed. The story builds to a satisfying climax and ending.
Because of the large number of characters and voices (well done readers !) this feels more like a radio play than an audio book but that is in no way a criticism and I really enjoyed the whole performance. One word of caution, the emails and messages are read in full with To: Subject: Date and Time: and From: for each message. For me this gave the story its distinctive character but I can imagine some readers might get irritated after a while. But if you’d like to try a crime story with a difference I’d certainly recommend this one !

Different - in a good way !

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Absolutely loved this Audiobook. Really gripping and well read. Can't recommend it enough. thank you

brilliant

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was hard to keep up with cast at times but thoroughly enjoyed it as I had to concentrate. didn't guess correctly.
performance good

kept me listening

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Great murder mystery with twists and turns to keep everyone guessing. A surprising ending.

Murder most foul.

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You’ll know after 20 mins if this is for you. The reading out of the email time and date etc makes you zone out and likely miss ‘clues’. I listened for 3 hours as it is interesting and enjoyable but the remaining hours were around 7 and I knew at that point it could never deliver so I skipped a huge chunk, listened to the end and overall it’s ok but you’ll know if you like it.

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