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Sign up todayThe Examiner
A Novel
Length
10 hours 17 minutes
Language
English
Narrators
Anushka Chakravarti, Brendan Dempsey, Jonathan Andrew Hume, Rachel Handshaw, Sarah Durham & Dawn Murphy
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“A thrilling twist on a classic whodunnit mystery, presented in an immersive format using text messages, emails, and other written material. The cast of voices is spectacular and create a believable experience to listeners.”
— Erin • Massy Books
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“I love books like this with interesting formats. This one makes you believe you are getting the full story until you find out there's more to be seen. Once more is revealed, you find yourself going back over lines with a different view point and gasping with an 'A-ha!' I thoroughly enjoyed that this book kept me guessing up to the end. Just when I thought I'd figured it out and knew the whole story, an even more twisted twist would happen! If you're like me and you can easily deduce the twist in the usual mystery stories, than this book is for you. This novel kept me guessing to the very end as well as kept me very much entertained!”
— Maddie • Book No Further
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“While I've read many mysteries, this was my first epistolary novel, and I found it both intriguing and thoroughly enjoyable. An external examiner must grade the coursework for 6 diverse students in a MA class in London. When the examiner begins to feel something is wrong and uncovers a possible murder, the twists begin and you will never see them coming! Five stars! ”
— Sandra • Underground Books
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“Reading a Janice Hallett book is like taking a trip to somewhere you've never been without a map. This book is not exception. Using email, text messages, class note and more, I was sucked into the story so quickly and enthralled until the last page. I called a coworker and she had not read. Ugh. I had to wait a month for her to then call me late one night and say, OMG, I see why you NEEDED to talk about this book. We spent an hour and both decided to read again. Great.”
— Tricia • Mostly Books
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“This book is read by a full cast and has great sound effects. I can truly say that I did not see it coming. I had no idea what was going to happen. Lots of twists and turns, wonderful cast of characters, a complicated story that pulls you in from the beginning. You find out what is happening through emails, texts and diary entries read in the voice of the person making them. Super entertaining! Definitely recommend. ”
— Andrea • Molly's Bookstore
Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this unputdownable mystery follows a group of students in an art master’s program that goes dangerously awry, from the internationally bestselling “new queen of crime” (Electric Literature) Janice Hallett.
Gela Nathaniel, head of Royal Hastings University’s new Multimedia Art course, must find six students from all walks of life across the United Kingdom for her new master’s program before the university cuts her funding. The students are nothing but trouble from day one.
There’s Jem, a talented sculptor recently graduated from her university program and eager to make her mark as an artist at any cost. Jonathan, who has little experience aside from running his family’s gallery. Patrick manages an art supply store, but can barely operate his phone, much less design software. Ludya is a single mother and graphic designer more interested in a paycheck than homework. Cameron is a marketing executive in search of a hobby or a career change. And Alyson, already a successful artist, seems to be overqualified.
When the examiner, the man hired to grade students’ final workssifts through the students’ final essays, texts, and message boards, he becomes convinced that someone is in danger…or already dead.
With her trademark “witty, original” (The New York Times) voice, Janice Hallett weaves a fresh and mind-bending page-turner that will keep you guessing until the final page.
Janice Hallett is a former magazine editor, award-winning journalist, and government communications writer. She wrote articles and speeches for, among others, the Cabinet Office, Home Office, and Department for International Development. Her enthusiasm for travel has taken her around the world several times, from Madagascar to the Galapagos, Guatemala to Zimbabwe, Japan, Russia, and South Korea. A playwright and screenwriter, she penned the feminist Shakespearean stage comedy NetherBard and cowrote the feature film Retreat. She lives in London and is the author of The Examiner, The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, The Appeal, The Christmas Appeal, and The Twyford Code.
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