05 July 2022
We are proud to announce that The Appeal by Janice Hallett won the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger award for the best debut novel. The Appeal is a Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year which was praised by judges as a “dazzlingly clever cosy crime novel”. The CWA Daggers is the premier crime-writing awards in the UK, so we could not be more thrilled to see Janice’s fantastic cosy crime novel take home this crown.
Learn more about The Appeal below:
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‘This dazzlingly clever cosy crime novel completely trumps Richard Osman’ – SUNDAY TIMES
‘Witty, clever and completely addictive’ – MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘Agatha Christie for the 21st century’ – THE TIMES
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?
The standout debut thriller of 2021 that delivers multiple brilliant twists, and will change the way you think about the modern crime novel.
