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

Sophie Hannah

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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: a totally gripping and unputdownable locked room crime thriller packed with twists

  • 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 an internationally bestselling crime fiction writer. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. Sophie is the author of the bestselling Poirot continuation mysteries. The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been adapted for television as Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is also a bestselling poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE and A-level. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. In 2023 Sophie was awarded the prestigious Dagger in the Library from the Crime Writers' Association in recognition of her brilliant body of work. She lives in Cambridge with her family.

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