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The Killer Question

by Janice Hallett

A pub quiz with a mystery behind it

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    LitHub Most Anticipated Book of Fall

    Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A pub quiz with a mystery behind it

At The Case is Altered, a rural pub’s weekly trivia night brings its regulars together—and draws attention when a new team begins winning every round. After a body is found in a nearby river, the pub’s owners, Sue and Mal Eastwood, face the return of a past tied to a secret police operation that forced them to leave their former town. Five years later, their nephew Dominic sets out to document what happened. The story unfolds through quiz categories, phone messages and email correspondence, making the gathering of clues part of its structure. The quiz-night setting links a local murder mystery with questions about the Eastwoods’ concealed history.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy amateur-sleuth and mystery fiction.
  • Readers interested in mysteries told through messages and other documentary-style materials.
  • Readers drawn to stories set around pub quizzes and close-knit groups of regulars.

Themes

Amateur investigationSecrets and the pastCommunity and competitionEvidence and unanswered questions

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Book overview

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The New York Times, LitHub, BookBub, Goodreads, and many more!

Janice Hallett, "the new queen of crime" (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub's weekly trivia night, revealed through quiz categories, phone messages, and email correspondence.

Sue and Mal Eastwood run an isolated rural pub called The Case is Altered where a weekly trivia game has revived its flagging fortunes--that is, until a body is found in the nearby river. Soon after, a mysterious new team arrives and shakes up the diverse field of regulars by scoring top marks in every round...every week.

Meanwhile, Sue and Mal have a secret of their own. Before arriving here, they were caught up in a secret police operation which meant they had to leave town--and whatever happened back then seems to have finally caught up with them.

Five years later, the pub lies derelict, and their nephew Dominic is determined to make a documentary about their story. What happened at this unassuming pub? And can a single question really kill?
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