The Appeal

THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE 2022 CWA JOHN CREASEY NEW BLOOD DAGGERONE 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?'Agatha Christie for the 21st century' THE TIMES'Witty, clever and completely addictive' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Gripping, ambitious and unusual' SOPHIE HANNAH