The Killer Question - Janice Hallett *****
By Brian Clegg
It’s very rare I pause the book I’m reading because another one has come out – but when it’s a new Janice Hallett I really have no choice. And it was well worth the interruption.
As we’ve come to expect from Hallett, the book is made up of forms of communication – in this case texts, WhatsApp group messages and emails, plus transcription of some police recordings. At first sight this is a simple crime setup. We are introduced to Sue and Mal Eastwood who are relatively new at running a pub – central to the story is their pub quiz, where we get introduced to a whole cast of characters in the regular teams before a sinister new team joins and wipes the floor with everyone else. Things are shaken up when a body is discovered nearby.
However, being Hallett, there are also some huge twists along the way. We quickly find out about links to a major kidnapping case in the past involving key characters… and things get more and more twisty from there.
As someone who write murder mysteries for fun, my starting point when reading a Hallett novel is sheer awe at the cleverness of the way she constructs the book – and that applies here in spades. It should be easy to get lost, or to lack a feeling for the characters when almost everything is down to messaging, but she pulls off making this deeply engaging. Is it her best yet as claimed on the cover? I’m not sure – but it certainly has some of the best twists, and I’d put it in the top three. Whatever, a new Hallett is a joy.
Anyone who enjoys murder mysteries and hasn’t experienced one of these books is missing a trick.
You can buy The Killer Question from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Bookshop.org.
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