The Appeal: A NovelINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, and more! “[W]itty, original…a delight.” —The New York Times Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell, this international bestseller and “dazzlingly clever” (The Sunday Times, London) murder mystery follows a community rallying around a sick child—but when escalating lies lead to a dead body, everyone is a suspect. The Fairway Players, a local theatre group, is in the midst of rehearsals when tragedy strikes the family of director Martin Hayward and his wife Helen, the play’s star. Their young granddaughter has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and with an experimental treatment costing a tremendous sum, their castmates rally to raise the money to give her a chance at survival. But not everybody is convinced of the experimental treatment’s efficacy—nor of the good intentions of those involved. As tension grows within the community, things come to a shocking head at the explosive dress rehearsal. The next day, a dead body is found, and soon, an arrest is made. In the run-up to the trial, two young lawyers sift through the material—emails, messages, letters—with a growing suspicion that the killer may be hiding in plain sight. The evidence is all there, between the lines, waiting to be uncovered. A wholly modern and gripping take on the epistolary novel, The Appeal is a “daring…clever, and funny” (The Times, London) debut for fans of Richard Osman and Lucy Foley. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 8 |
Section 3 | 9 |
Section 4 | 13 |
Section 5 | 14 |
Section 6 | 50 |
Section 7 | 51 |
Section 8 | 78 |
Section 17 | 299 |
Section 18 | 301 |
Section 19 | 312 |
Section 20 | 315 |
Section 21 | 335 |
Section 22 | 338 |
Section 23 | 340 |
Section 24 | 346 |
Section 9 | 111 |
Section 10 | 173 |
Section 11 | 196 |
Section 12 | 209 |
Section 13 | 237 |
Section 14 | 245 |
Section 15 | 263 |
Section 16 | 264 |
Section 25 | 347 |
Section 26 | 353 |
Section 27 | 365 |
Section 28 | 383 |
Section 29 | 396 |
Section 30 | 427 |
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