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* THE NEW FIENDISHLY CLEVER MYSTERY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SMASH-HIT BESTSELLER THE APPEAL *

‘Murderously good’ – DAILY EXPRESS
‘Twisty, funny and irresistibly dark’ – TOM HINDLE
‘Brims with Hallett’s signature wit. Her best book yet’ – PETER SWANSON

The answer is murder.
The question is whodunnit?

A quiet country pub stands empty, its windows boarded up. And its kindly landlords, Mal and Sue Eastwood, are missing.

What could have happened? A lot of strange events occurred in the days before the Eastwoods disappeared. A murdered man pulled from the nearby river. An eccentric couple on a houseboat who claimed to be led by a spirit guide. And a mysterious new team who suddenly appeared and began winning every round at the weekly pub quiz – much to the anger of the locals. They must have been cheating, but no one could figure out how…

Can you crack the case of the missing landlords? Someone’s not been playing fair, so get the drinks in and see if you can get a perfect score.

‘Devilishly additive. I loved every line’ – LOUISE CANDLISH
‘Another brilliant, twisty mystery from Janice Hallett’ – ELLY GRIFFITHS
‘So clever and entertaining’ – JENNIE GODFREY
‘The modern queen of crime does it again’ – IAN MOORE

Publisher Review

So clever, you’ll want to read it again * Woman and Home * Hallett fans will love this clever whodunnit * Prima * Murderously good * Daily Express * This fiendishly clever whodunnit is twisty, funny, and deliciously dark * Platinum * Another brilliant, twisty mystery from Janice Hallett where the truth lies somewhere between the lines — Elly Griffiths, author of THE LOCKED ROOM I am in awe of Janice Hallett – so prolific and her books are so clever and entertaining. The Killer Question is no exception. The pub quiz teams are so brilliantly observed. Another brilliant murder mystery — Jennie Godfrey, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS 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 Janice Hallett strikes again! Twisty, funny and irresistibly dark – who knew the weekly pub quiz could be so wonderfully sinister? — Tom Hindle, author of MURDER ON LAKE GARDA Brilliantly twisted, laugh-out-loud hilarious and devilishly addictive. I loved every line of it — Louise Candlish, author of OUR HOUSE The modern Queen of crime does it again. A wonderful ride through deception, greed and quizzing — Ian Moore, author of DEATH AND CROISSANTS 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 With suspects galore and twists and turns aplenty, this is a head-scratcher to keep readers on their mystery-solving toes. You’ll never look at pub quizzes the same away again — Vaseem Khan, author of THE UNEXPECTED INHERITANCE OF INSPECTOR CHOPRA Twisty, tricksy and truly captivating. With its trademark Hallett characters and communities – quirky but somehow completely recognisable – and plot twists that just keep coming, The Killer Question kept me turning the pages all night long. I couldn’t put it down — Katy Watson, author of THE THREE DAHLIAS Janice’s books are always such a treat and this one fully lived up to expectations. She has such a brilliant ear for the quirks of her fellow humans. Terrific, and as usual I failed to predict the twist — Emma Curtis, author of ONE LITTLE MISTAKE 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