





The Twyford Code: Signed Edition (Hardback)
Janice Hallett (author)Published: 13/01/2022

With immense ambition and even greater skill, the author of the bestselling phenomenon The Appeal weaves another completely unique and addictive mystery, revolving around a secret code found in a famous children’s author’s work by an English teacher who subsequently disappears, and her former pupil who years later decides to discover what happened to her.
Signed Exclusive Edition with exclusive sprayed edges, end papers, and first chapter of Janice's third book, The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Eagles
A Standard Edition is available here
It's time to solve the murder of the century...
Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a famous children's book, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. He took it to his remedial English teacher, Miss Isles, who became convinced it was the key to solving a puzzle. That a message in secret code ran through all Edith Twyford's novels. Then Miss Isles disappeared on a class field trip, and Steven's memory won't allow him to remember what happened.
Now, out of prison after a long stretch, Steven decides to investigate the mystery that has haunted him for decades. Was Miss Isles murdered? Was she deluded? Or was she right about the code? And is it still in use today? Desperate to recover his memories and find out what really happened to Miss Isles, Steven revisits the people and places of his childhood. But it soon becomes clear that Edith Twyford wasn't just a writer of forgotten children's stories. The Twyford Code has great power, and he isn't the only one trying to solve it...
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
ISBN: 2928377076214
Number of pages: 368
Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm
Edition: Main
MEDIA REVIEWS
'The Twyford Code turned my brain inside out. It totally foxed me. So clever and totally brilliant' - Lisa Hall, author of The Party
'Enid Blyton meets Agatha Christie with a cracking twist. Witty and wonderful' - Marion Todd, author of Lies to Tell
'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
'I thoroughly enjoyed it. It really pulls you in, and makes for addictive reading' - Faith Martin, author of A Fatal Truth
'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
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