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The Opposite of Murder: the twisty new thriller from bestselling author of The Couple at the Table

Sophie Hannah

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'So clever, and has the perfect twist' GILLIAN McALLISTER

'An ingenious puzzle of a novel that crackles with energy and menace' NICCI FRENCH

What if the only way to prevent a murder is by confessing to it?

Jemma Stelling has confessed to a crime - one she can't have committed. She has an unshakeable alibi: when Marianne Upton was stabbed to death outside her home, Jemma was at the police station confessing to a deadly obsession with Marianne and a plan to kill her in precisely the way she was killed.

So is Jemma innocent? Or is she an ingenious, cold-blooded murderer?

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Praise for The Opposite of Murder: the twisty new thriller from bestselling author of The Couple at the Table

  • Twisty - Crime Monthly, Ones to Watch for 2022One of the best crime writers currently working - The ScotsmanThe Couple at the Table is a wise and witty portrait of modern marriage and murder - The TimesComplex and satisfying outing - Crime TimeA fabulously twisty and entertaining read! - My WeeklyA 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 NIGHTYou'll love this brain-melting thriller! - Fabulous

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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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