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Janice Hallett
@janicehallett.bsky.social
Bestselling author of The Appeal, The Christmas Appeal, The Twyford Code, The Mysterious Case of The Alperton Angels and The Examiner 🦂🎓
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The Killer Question

“A brilliant, literary puzzler” Peter Swanson

“Brilliantly twisted, laugh-out-loud hilarious and devilishly addictive” Louise Candlish

“The modern queen of crime does it again” Ian Moore

OUT NOW @viperbooks.bsky.social 🇬🇧 and @atriabooks.bsky.social 🇺🇸

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Let’s Rock! 🤘 See you at 10am in the City Hall with @tomhindle.bsky.social and @ianmooreauthor.bsky.social ‬⁩🕵️‍♀️🔎
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A huge thank you to The Chipperfield Boot bookclub for reading #TheKillerQuestion and being so generous as to host a lovely evening talking about it with me ❤️ Thanks especially to Lisa for organising and to Hector (that handsome chap on the left) who was so good all night 📚
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Just TWO DAYS left to bid on this signed US hardback of #TheExaminer for #ChildrenInRead 👇👇👇
📢 Charity Auction Alert! 📢 I'm thrilled to be supporting @childreninread.bsky.social again this year with LOT 96 😎 A signed and dedicated First Edition US Hardback edition of #TheExaminer 🎓🦂 Click this link and place your bid to be in with a chance 👇
www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
What a night! 😎 Thank you @viperbooks.bsky.social for a stunning Spring ‘26 showcase, featuring C. E. Hulse,‬⁩ Tracy Maton @catrionaward.bsky.social ‬⁩& @tariqashkanani.bsky.social ‬⁩hosted by the amazing @mirandajewess.bsky.social ‬⁩😱 so many fabulous titles for the new year!
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
📢 Bargain Alert! 📢 #TheAlpertonAngels ebook is on offer for a heavenly £1.89 for TODAY ONLY 🤑 Go on, treat yourself... but HURRY! Happy sleuthing! 👇
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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels: the Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick eBook : Hallett, Janice: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels: the Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick eBook : Hallett, Janice: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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I've got a lot to do in the next seven weeks, but then . . .
@janicehallett.bsky.social, @dranniegray.bsky.social, Claire Askew, Marion Todd, @michellechouinard.bsky.social, Ian McEwan, @jennycolgan.bsky.social and me are hitting the couch for Christmas. #FridayReads
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The audio book for #MonstrousTales is utterly spine-chilling 😱 It even features a cameo ‘appearance’ by me, playing the part of, well, myself in my story #Boneless 👀 I dare you to listen by yourself, alone in the dark… Out now from @ravenbooks.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
📢 Australian 🇦🇺 Bargain Alert! 📢 BUT HURRY! #TheChristmasAppeal ebook is on offer for a murderously festive $5.19 but it won't last long! Happy sleuthing! 👇
www.amazon.com.au/Christmas-Ap...
The Christmas Appeal: the Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Appeal
The Christmas Appeal: the Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Appeal eBook : Hallett, Janice: Amazon.com.au: Books
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November 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃 A sinister unmarked black box arrived today 😱 and it's the spoooookiest #BookPost ever! 👻 Thank you @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social and @dannyrobins.bsky.social #DoYouBelieveInGhosts
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📣 Bargain Alert! 📣 If you know a young kindle reader who will enjoy #ABoxFullofMurders 📦 the ebook is on sale today for a murderously cheap £3.99 🤑 But Hurry! 🕵️‍♀️🔎 This is a strictly limited offer! 👇
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A Box Full of Murders: The unmissable first children's mystery from the bestselling author of The Appeal eBook : Hallett, Janice: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
A Box Full of Murders: The unmissable first children's mystery from the bestselling author of The Appeal eBook : Hallett, Janice: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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October 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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#TheKillerQuestion, the latest Sunday Times bestseller from the queen of tricksy crime @janicehallett.bsky.social, is a Waterstones Best Crime & Thriller Book of 2025 🎉

Battling pub quiz teams take centre stage in this twisty, mixed-media whodunnit 🍻✏️🩸

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October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Gasp! 😱 #TheKillerQuestion has been chosen as one of Waterstones’ best crime & thriller books of the year! 🤩 Absolutely thrilled! Thank you @waterstones.bsky.social
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The Best Crime & Thrillers of 2025 | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones
From Richard Osman to Holly Jackson, here are the crime novels and thrillers we've loved this year.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thrilled to drop in to one of the newest Waterstones stores 🤩 opened three weeks ago in Uxbridge and now bursting with signed copies of all my books! 🔎🕵️‍♀️ Thank you so much to the LOVELY booksellers who looked after me so well 🙏 @waterstones.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Gasp! 😱 Thank you so much to the wonderful Jake Kerridge‬⁩ for this awesome review of #TheKillerQuestion in ⁦‪the @telegraphnews.bsky.social ‬⁩21 best crime and thriller books of 2025 🙏🕵️‍♀️🔎🍻
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/crime-...
The 21 best crime and thriller novels of 2025
The standout titles of the year so far span inter-war espionage, gritty violence in modern Glasgow and the return of a cult favourite
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last day to vote! 👇👇👇🤞
📢Last few days📢 to vote for #ABoxFullOfMurders in the Children’s Fiction category of the @booksaremybag.bsky.social #ReadersAwards 2025 sponsored by National Book Tokens.
Please click here and VOTE BY 26 OCT #ChooseBookshops 👇
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October 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reposted by Janice Hallett
Well I had been planning on telling you guys I was reading ‘The Appeal’ by Janice Hallett which I started last night…except I couldn’t put it down and stayed up until half two finishing it. God it was good.
Haven’t worked out the next book to read yet 😀
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Yay! 🙌 First time at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social ‬⁩and on the writers’ stage at 1pm 🧌 talking about all things #MonstrousTales 😎 See you here and afterwards for a book signing! ✍️
October 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Was absolutely thrilled when I dropped in to @waterstones.bsky.social Piccadilly a couple of days ago and saw this towering display for #TheKillerQuestion 🤩 Amazing! Thanks guys! Needless to say, signed copies of all my books are in store now, while stocks last. LOVE this store ❤️
October 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📢Last few days📢 to vote for #ABoxFullOfMurders in the Children’s Fiction category of the @booksaremybag.bsky.social #ReadersAwards 2025 sponsored by National Book Tokens.
Please click here and VOTE BY 26 OCT #ChooseBookshops 👇
www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awar...
October 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
OUT NOW! 🧌 #MonstrousTales 🐺🐍🐇 THE folk horror stocking filler for Halloween, Christmas and any time you want blood-soaked pages to terrorise their nightmares... or yours 😱 Beware #Boneless a tale with a slimy twist @bloomsburyraven.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Happiest of happy publication days to this gem of a thriller 🎉 #LittleSecrets by @victoriagoldman.bsky.social ‬⁩is a murder mystery set in a luxury hotel that used to be a prison 😱 and it is fabulous! Out now!
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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The super new mystery from @janicehallett.bsky.social set in the world of pub quizzes.

I love her modern take on the epistolary novel, using text messages, emails, police recordings etc to establish characters and move the plot forward.

Lots of twists! Great fun, skilfully done.

#books
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October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Last day to Pre-Order yourself a bargain 👇
📢 Bargain Alert! 📢 Pre-Order Death At The Museum (Book 2 in the #ABoxFullOfMurders series, out next June) online today and @waterstones.bsky.social will give you a tasty 25%-off 🤑 But hurry! Discount only available until 17 October #WPreorder
Click link 👇
www.waterstones.com/book/9780241...
October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Reposted by Janice Hallett
📢 Bargain Alert! 📢 Pre-Order Death At The Museum (Book 2 in the #ABoxFullOfMurders series, out next June) online today and @waterstones.bsky.social will give you a tasty 25%-off 🤑 But hurry! Discount only available until 17 October #WPreorder
Click link 👇
www.waterstones.com/book/9780241...
October 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📢 Charity Auction Alert! 📢 I'm thrilled to be supporting @childreninread.bsky.social again this year with LOT 96 😎 A signed and dedicated First Edition US Hardback edition of #TheExaminer 🎓🦂 Click this link and place your bid to be in with a chance 👇
www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
October 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM