The Twyford Code

Janice Hallett Press Reviews

Hallett has aced it... Every page is a joy, with laugh-out-loud moments even as the plot becomes more outlandish, and the startling final reveal crowns Hallett as the queen of unreliable narrators - Sunday Times

Even better [than The Appeal]... This fiendishly clever book manages to be both tricksy and surprisingly moving - Guardian

A tour de force - a genuinely complex puzzle with real clues to be solved... A mind-bending, heartwarming mystery that is not to be missed - Observer

A thoroughly unusual thriller - Daily Mail

A brilliantly clever, deceptive mystery with a unique twist - Heat

The Twyford Code turned my brain inside out. It totally foxed me. So clever and totally brilliant -- Lisa Hall, author of The Party Ingenious - Good Housekeeping

A wonderful book, clever and surprisingly compassionate, constantly wrong-footing the reader on its way to an ingenious and wholly satisfying final reveal -- Brian McGilloway

Enid Blyton meets Agatha Christie with a cracking twist. Witty and wonderful -- Marion Todd

Fiendishly clever... Golden Age Christie-esque puzzle meets The Usual Suspects. Outstanding. Unlike anything you'll ever read -- Imran Mahmood, author of I Know What I Saw

I thoroughly enjoyed it. It really pulls you in, and makes for addictive reading -- Faith Martin

If you love a puzzle, you'll enjoy this novel packed full of mystery and intrigue. Perfect for Richard Osman and SJ Bennett fans - Yours

Addictive - Waitrose Weekend

An elegant puzzle of a book, which entombs an exquisite little heart -- Matt Wesolowski, author of Six Stories

A multi-layered, multi-voiced mystery unlike anything I've read before. It's packed with tricky clues, red herrings and cunning acrostics, but ultimately it packs an emotional punch you don't see coming -- Kate Griffin, author of Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders

A highly original, immersive story that draws you in from the very beginning and keeps you thinking. Smithy was a fascinating character with whom it was a pleasure to spend time -- S.V. Leonard, author of The Islanders

Packed with perplexing puzzles and linguistic legerdemain, but behind that is a poignant tale of redemption -- D.V. Bishop, author of City of Vengeance

I absolutely love it. The Secret Seven for grownups -- Faith Hogan, author of What Happened to Us?

An ingenious novel that allows the reader to investigate the case themselves. Full of twists and credible characters, I loved every single word -- Louise Mullins, author of I Know You

A superb mystery with true heart at its centre. No one does twists quite like Janice Hallett -- Sophie Flynn, author of All My Lies

Janice Hallett is a genius at conjuring a whole world through dialogue, and yet there's so much more to it than that. Pure genius -- Leonora Nattrass, author of Black Drop

A stunning book. A fiendishly clever yarn that hooked me from the first line to the final revelation -- Chris McDonald, author of Roses for the Dead

Just finished the brilliant The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett. It's twisty, clever and deceptive, with clues dropped along the way - although I missed most of them! Loved it! -- Guy Morpuss, author of Five Minds

I read the last fifty pages of The Twyford Code with my mouth hanging open and my brain very close to exploding. There is clever and then there's this. -- Laura Pearson, author of I Wanted You To Know