The Appeal

A Novel

De: Janice Hallett

Narrado por: Daniel Philpott, Aysha Kala, Rachel Adedeji, Sid Sagar

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, and more!

“[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.

The Appeal

I really liked the format. I’m always down to get into a multi-character point of view book. It jumbles up just enough in my head to where I am actively thinking about what has happened or is going to happen next all day. I most definitely had a feeling the book was going to end the way it did for a while, but was just waiting for the missing pieces. Such a fun listen!

Fantastic

An exceptional thriller that delivers not only a copious dose of twists, but also genuinely well drawn characters. I wasn’t sure whether the “found document” style would work as an audiobook but the fantastic performances of this ensemble of actors (plus some clever production tricks!) made the story very easy to follow. Highly recommended!

Great narrators. Hard to follow

Im Sure it’s just me but I had difficulty following this story. While I loved the different actors voicing the story… they had so many parts I didn’t realize when they weren’t speaking for the character I was use to. anyway thT was a bit confusing. Story was pretty good but convoluted.

The tedium of the format

A terribly tedious format for an audio book. The incessant reading out of details that, on a page, can be glanced at, was maddingly distracting from a clever plot.

Ingenious

This is a smart, literate, although sometimes confusing (but who cares?) mystery meticulously plotted giving hours of pleasure and narrated by an exceptional group of performers. Works as social satire of a very high order which elevates it in my opinion to much more than an entertainment. Janice Hallett is in a class of her own.