The Opposite of Murder

WINNER OF THE 2023 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY

What if the only way you could prevent a murder was by confessing to it?

Jemma Stelling has confessed to a murder.

She is the police's lead suspect.

She couldn't have committed the crime.

She has an unshakeable alibi: at the time of Marianne Cass's brutal murder, Jemma was at the police station, confessing to a murderous obsession with Marianne.

Is Jemma Stelling innocent? Or is she an ingenious, cold-blooded killer?

Can you be guilty of the opposite of murder?

PRAISE FOR SOPHIE HANNAH:

'A new novel by Sophie Hannah is a cause for celebration!' ALEX MICHAELIDES, author of THE SILENT PATIENT

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

'High concept and so satisfying' GILLIAN MCALLISTER, author of WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME

'Brain-bending' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Twisty Crime Monthly, Ones to Watch for 2022
One of the best crime writers currently working The Scotsman
The Couple at the Table is a wise and witty portrait of modern marriage and murder The Times
Complex and satisfying outing Crime Time
A fabulously twisty and entertaining read! My Weekly
A 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 PATIENT
I 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 NIGHT
You'll love this brain-melting thriller! Fabulous
Brain-bending Good Housekeeping
The award-winning crime writer returns with another gripping psychological suspense Surrey Life
As much head-scratching fun as ever The Observer
Intriguing Heat
Another winning thriller Belfast Telegraph
Sly and twisty whodunnit Peterborough Telegraph
Clever and wonderfully plotted Irish Independent
An absorbing thriller with an abundance of red herrings and a gradual drip-drip of clues. A fantastic mystery Woman Magazine

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. She lives in Cambridge with her family. Her novel Haven't They Grown was chosen for the Richard and Judy Book Club and her novel The Couple at the Table became a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller in 2023. In 2023 Sophie was awarded the prestigious Dagger in the Library from the Crime Writers' Association in recognition of her brilliant body of work.

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