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The Couple at the Table: a totally gripping and unputdownable locked room crime thriller packed with twists

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'Completely ingenious, entirely satisfying - a delight from start to finish' ALEX MICHAELIDES

'BY FAR Sophie Hannah's best one yet. Relatable, funny, high concept and so satisfying I watched in awe as the pieces fell into place' GILLIAN McALLISTER

'You'll love this brain-melting thriller!' FABULOUS

'A wise and witty portrait of modern marriage and murder' THE TIMES

'One of the best crime writers current working' THE SCOTSMAN

SIX COUPLES. ONE LUXURY RESORT. THE PERFECT MURDER . . .

A dream honeymoon...

You've madly in love, newly married and at an exclusive resort.

A nightmare dinner ...

You receive a note warning you to 'Beware of the couple at the table nearest to yours.' There are five other couples. Any of them might have murder in mind.

A crime that seems impossible...

Who tried to warn you? Who is out to get you?

And will you make it home alive?

SOPHIE HANNAH IS THE QUEEN OF THE UNGUESSABLE MYSTERY!

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Praise for The Couple at the Table

  • The Couple at the Table is a wise and witty portrait of modern marriage and murder - The TimesOne of the best crime writers currently working - The ScotsmanAs much head-scratching fun as ever - The ObserverClever and wonderfully plotted - Irish IndependentA new novel by Sophie Hannah is a cause for celebration. The Couple at The Table has everything you want in a mystery - a cryptic threat, a murder, a closed circle of suspects and an unguessable solution. Completely ingenious, entirely satisfying - a delight from start to finish - Alex Michaelides, author of THE SILENT PATIENTI have just finished The Couple At The Table and it is BY FAR Sophie Hannah's best one yet. Relatable, funny, high concept and so satisfying I watched in awe as the pieces fell into place. Bravo! - Gillian McAllister, author of THAT NIGHTComplex and satisfying outing - Crime TimeA fabulously twisty and entertaining read! - My Weekly

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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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