A Room Swept White: A totally gripping and unguessable thriller

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TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work. The card has sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four - numbers that mean nothing to her.

On the same day, Fliss finds out she's going to be working on a documentary about miscarriages of justice involving cot-death mothers wrongly accused of murder. The documentary will focus on three women: Helen Yardley, Sarah Jaggard and Rachel Hines. All three women are now free, and the doctor who did her best to send them to prison for life, child protection zealot Dr Judith Duffy, is under investigation for misconduct.

For reasons she has shared with nobody, this is the last project Fliss wants to be working on. And then Helen Yardley is found dead at her home, and in her pocket is a card with sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four . . .

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Praise for A Room Swept White

  • Another deliciously tangled web of clues and twists...a fascinating mystery told in fine detail with great skill. - Australian Women's Weekly Sophie Hannah's novel teases out our notions about justice, showing that, ultimately, it is always in fallible human hands - Notebook Magazine Hannah builds great suspense as she carefully handles this difficult subject. - Sunday Mail Brisbane This is a haunting story that will stay with you long after you put it down. - The West Australian

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Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah is a Sunday Times, New York Times and Amazon Kindle No. 1 bestselling author whose books have sold millions of copies and are published in 51 countries. She was the first person to write and publish new Hercule Poirot mysteries, at the request of Agatha Christie's family and estate. In 2023 she won the Dagger in the Library Award, and in 2013 she won the UK National Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year prize for her novel The Carrier. Sophie is also an award-winning poet whose work is studied at GCSE level across the UK, and has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Her murder mystery musical, The Mystery of Mr E, was released as a feature film in 2023. Sophie is the founder and coach at Dream Author Coaching, and her recent self-help book about how to make brilliant decisions, The Double Best Method, was an Amazon top ten bestseller. Sophie lives with her husband, grown-up children and dog in Cambridge, where she is an honorary fellow of Lucy Cavendish College.

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