* THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Murderously good' – DAILY EXPRESS 'An addictive whodunnit' – iPAPER 'So clever, you'll want to read it again' – WOMAN AND HOME The answer is murder. The question is whodunnit? A quiet country pub stands empty, its windows boarded up. And its kindly landlords, Mal and Sue Eastwood, are missing. What could have happened? A lot of strange events occurred in the days before the Eastwoods disappeared. A murdered man pulled from the nearby river. An eccentric couple on a houseboat who claimed to be led by a spirit guide. And a mysterious new team who suddenly appeared and began winning every round at the weekly pub quiz – much to the anger of the locals. They must have been cheating, but no one could figure out how… Can you crack the case of the missing landlords? Someone's not been playing fair, so get the drinks in and see if you can get a perfect score. 'Hallett's most fiendishly brilliant book yet' – DAILY MIRROR 'Hallett is a master of misdirection' – GUARDIAN 'Nobody does the cryptic whodunit like Hallett' – GOOD HOUSEKEEPING<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mal and Sue Eastwood were once the kindly landlords of a local village pub, The Case is Altered. They ran a weekly pub quiz and were well liked by their customers and colleagues alike, always happy to lend a helping hand. But now The Case stands empty, its windows boarded up. What could have happened to Mal and Sue? Did The Case close because it was failing? Was it because of the body pulled from the nearby river? Or perhaps it had something to do with the quiz? It had always been a quiet affair, five teams of locals battling it out for a small prize pot. Until one day a mysterious new team of outsiders arrived, and started winning every round. Only by sifting through the quiz sheets, the WhatsApps, and Mal and Sue’s hidden past may the truth be revealed. Someone’s not playing fair, so get the drinks in and see if you can get a perfect score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[406],"product_tag":[26816],"class_list":{"0":"post-119153","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-crime-thrillers","6":"product_tag-crime-mystery-fiction","7":"pa_book_author-hallett-janice","8":"pa_cover-paperback","9":"pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","10":"pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","11":"pa_imprint-viper","12":"pa_language-english","13":"pa_pages-9005","14":"pa_publisher-viper","15":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","17":"first","18":"instock","19":"taxable","20":"shipping-taxable","21":"purchasable","22":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n