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The Twyford Code

By: Janice Hallett
Narrated by: Thomas Judd
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About this listen

 ** WINNER OF THE CRIME & THRILLER BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 **

* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*

It's time to solve the murder of the century...

Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a famous children's book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. Wanting to know more, he took it to his English teacher Miss Iles, not realising the chain of events that he was setting in motion. Miss Iles became convinced that the book was the key to solving a puzzle, and that a message in secret code ran through all Twyford's novels. Then Miss Iles disappeared on a class field trip, and Steven has no memory of what happened to her.

Now, out of prison after a long stretch, Steven decides to investigate the mystery that has haunted him for decades. Was Miss Iles murdered? Was she deluded? Or was she right about the code? And is it still in use today?

Desperate to recover his memories and find out what really happened to Miss Iles, Steven revisits the people and places of his childhood. But it soon becomes clear that Edith Twyford wasn't just a writer of forgotten children's stories. The Twyford Code has great power, and he isn't the only one trying to solve it...

Perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Alex Pavesi and S.J. Bennett, The Twyford Code will keep you up puzzling late into the night.©2022 Janice Hallett (P)2022 Profile Books Ltd Amateur Sleuths Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Mystery Small Town & Rural Thriller & Suspense Crime Thriller Fiction Exciting Funny Witty Suspense

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A real mystery that will keep you guessing. Hallett is a master at this kind of mystery. The story line really lent itself to an audio book being something of an audio book in itself.

Highly recommended.

Loved it!!

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At its heart this is a very intriguing story with an unusual protagonist. However, the format means it won’t suit everyone. The story is told through a series of automatically transcribed audio files and the continual time stamps and introductory text means it can feel like listening to the shipping forecast ! It’s probably particularly difficult as an audiobook as your eye would skate over it if you we’re actually reading but there’s nothing the narrator can do but read it all out. I thought the narrator was very good for this story personally. If you have listened to other stories in this sort of format then this one is worth a try. If you follow it through to the end you will be well rewarded.

Intriguing story

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Nostalgic and gripping with more twists than a cork screw. Took a little while to engage, but then struggled to turn it off. Obviously owed a lot to Enid Blyton and her famous five settings in Dorset. Would recommend if you enjoy Richard Osman,l or Ben Aaronovitch.

Fascinating tail

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lovely mystery with a twist and good audio would recommend it for sure .

great story unique idea

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I sometimes come across a book where I can only marvel at the author's imagination. This is such a book.

Other people are saying the narration is not good . They seem to forget that the narrator is reading a transcript and so shouldn't sound like the character himself. In fact putting on voices of the characters would have defeated the whole point of the plot - listen to the book and you'll understand.

Brilliant story telling

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