The Killer Question, Janice Hallett
The Killer Question, Janice Hallett
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The Killer Question

Author: Janice Hallett

Narrator: Matt Bates, Rachel Dale, Sarah Durham, Joe Eyre, Keith Wickham, Harvey Quinn, Jennifer Saayeng, Ashley Tucker, Melissa Vaughan

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/23/2025


Synopsis

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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?

About Janice Hallett

Janice Hallett is a former magazine editor, award-winning journalist, and government communications writer. She wrote articles and speeches for, among others, the Cabinet Office, Home Office, and Department for International Development. Her enthusiasm for travel has taken her around the world several times, from Madagascar to the Galapagos, Guatemala to Zimbabwe, Japan, Russia, and South Korea. A playwright and screenwriter, she penned the feminist Shakespearean stage comedy NetherBard and cowrote the feature film Retreat. She lives in London and is the author of The Silent Appeal, The Killer QuestionThe ExaminerThe Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, The Christmas AppealThe Twyford Code, and The Appeal.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jayme on September 23, 2025

Janice Hallet is a genius. SERIOUSLY. She has delivered a highly entertaining murder mystery using her unique style of ONLY using text and phone messages, email correspondence, recorded conversations and police interviews to tell the story. Sue and Mal Eastwood have retired early from their jobs and a......more

Goodreads review by Debra on September 01, 2025

Clever, clever, clever, unique, unique, unique! Janice Hallett is an author who has her own personal style of writing using text, emails, interrogations etc. In The Killer Question, Trivia, mystery and murder are the names of the game in The Killer Question! Sue and Mal Eastwood host weekly trivia g......more

Goodreads review by Linzie (suspenseisthrillingme) on October 11, 2025

Told via emails, texts, interrogations, and more, The Killer Question was another humdinger of a crime fiction novel from the unstoppable Janice Hallett. Beyond original and unguessable in the extreme, the mixed media format was only the starting point of how this book hit it out of the park. Taking......more

Goodreads review by Heather Adores Books on November 03, 2025

3.5⭐ Genre ~ amateur sleuth mysteries Setting ~ UK Publication date ~ September 23, 2025 Est Page Count ~ 448 (no chapters) Audio length ~ 9 hours 54 minutes Narrators ~ Matt Bates, Rachel Dale, Sarah Durham, Joe Eyre, Keith Wickham, Harvey Quinn, Jennifer Saayeng, Ashley Tucker, Melissa Vaughan Featuring......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 02, 2025

Mal and Sue Eastwood run a pub called The Case is Altered, where they host quizzes for locals and newcomers alike, trying to move on from a police investigation that urged them to move. All is calm and normal until a body is found in the river nearby, followed by a new team that ruffles feathers and......more