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Cargando... The Appeal (edición 2021)por Janice Hallett (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The best written epistolary mystery I've read! I feel like this format could get annoying very quickly, yet Hallett does such a strong job weaving everything together and creating a super intriguing cast of characters that it is easy to fall right into the story. I also think "The Appeal" is, at least partly, very solvable by the reader, which always bumps up a mystery rating for me. All in all, a very unique and engaging novel; I'm impressed that this is a debut and would love to read more from Hallett. 3.75 stars. this was way more fun than it should have been. it's such a soap opera and gossip mill but i couldn't tear myself away, for probably more than 300 pages. the solving of the crime was actually way less fun for me, but everything up until then was just great. it's intricate and just so so clever. and more about relationships and family and class and the way insular communities work than about the mystery, actually. which was really fun for me. i have always loved everything epistolary and epistolary adjacent and this is no exception. it does seem wild how many emails are sent that i would have thought would just be texts, but maybe i underuse email more than i realized. (although really making these texts would just make the book so much longer, so that's probably why it was done this way.) i don't think the structure of the lead lawyer withholding info and giving riddles for femi and charlotte to solve works, but i'm more than willing to put that aside for the fun of it all. this will be so fun to talk about in book group. This book was such a fun read. I loved the formate because it was told through only emails and that was unique take. Becaue of the unqiue formate, I think you got less connected to the character and it was harder to solve the mytery. I really loved the theater backdrop, but i did not just feel that connected to the characters overall!! sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesFairway Players (1) PremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "[W]itty, original...a delight." --The New York Times Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell, this international bestseller and "dazzlingly clever" (The Sunday Times, London) murder mystery follows a community rallying around a sick child--but when escalating lies lead to a dead body, everyone is a suspect. The Fairway Players, a local theatre group, is in the midst of rehearsals when tragedy strikes the family of director Martin Hayward and his wife Helen, the play's star. Their young granddaughter has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and with an experimental treatment costing a tremendous sum, their castmates rally to raise the money to give her a chance at survival. But not everybody is convinced of the experimental treatment's efficacy--nor of the good intentions of those involved. As tension grows within the community, things come to a shocking head at the explosive dress rehearsal. The next day, a dead body is found, and soon, an arrest is made. In the run-up to the trial, two young lawyers sift through the material--emails, messages, letters--with a growing suspicion that the killer may be hiding in plain sight. The evidence is all there, between the lines, waiting to be uncovered. A wholly modern and gripping take on the epistolary novel, The Appeal is a "daring...clever, and funny" (The Times, London) debut for fans of Richard Osman and Lucy Foley. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Samantha Greenwood and her husband are new members to the group this year having returned from their volunteer work in Africa for the past 8 years. Isabel Beck is an interesting and needy player who finds an immediate connection with Samantha as she is also a nurse. There are many text messages and emails exchanged throughout the course of this book alternating between the characters which provide insight into their true motives as opposed to those which they want others to believe. Unfortunately, a dead body being found before rehearsals for opening night throws a wrench in the once tightly scheduled event. Alternating chapters have attorneys who have been assigned to gather information regarding the death are also emailing and texting furiously to determine who is responsible for this apparent crime.
There are many twists in the story to keep you guessing as well as some shady but humorous characters. ( )