Review
The plot twists form a tottering pile as the tone grows ever darker. Close reading is essential but rewarding for this complicated and unconventional slow burn of a book - Guardian
A joy to read, containing some delicious surprises - Sunday Times
Hallett has firmly established herself as one of the quirkiest and most intelligent of British crime writers... Forensic attention to the text is required, but the results are manifold - Financial Times
With a narrative built almost entirely from online messages, Hallett offers an engrossing tale of conspiracy and murder... An impressive novel - Literary Review
As ever with Hallett, The Examiner is told in an innovative way... I can't fault Hallett's ingenuity and her characters are a lot of fun - Observer
The queen of 'cosy crime' - Daily Telegraph
Janice Hallett has done it again - Daily Express
The author of The Twyford Code delights with her mysteries told through letters, emails and transcripts. Hallett's latest sees an examiner turn up at a school where he is convinced a student's death has been covered up - iPaper
Janice has the gift for teasing readers with red herrings, and this is no different... Twisty, turny, I didn't know what I was thinking half the time and all the better for it - Belfast Telegraph