I don’t want to write too much about this book because I think the less you know going in, the better you will find it!
Femi: Got it?
Charlotte: Literally just got it. Flicking through. There’s a lot here. Gulp.
Femi: We just need to focus, immerse ourselves, get a clear perspective
Charlotte: But have you seen it? It’s all emails and messages. Wonder why Tanner won’t tell us the background? Intrigued already.
The Appeal
Charlotte and Femi are given case papers to read and prepare. It’s a collection of emails, text messages and other written notes, and we read through them as they do. The messages have been put in chronological order: they start with the arrival of two new members to a community, a little girl being diagnosed with a serious illness and a family desperate to raise money for a new drug that might save her, and, on top of all of that, there is a play that needs to be cast and rehearsed.
We also know that someone has been murdered, but when? And someone has been convicted, but who?
This book is addictive. Do not start it just before bed or just before you have to leave the house. As the emails and texts pile up and the senders start to contradict each other and themselves, who is telling the truth? Who knew what? Was anybody actually where they said they were?
I thought it was brilliant, very clever and very funny. Through the different tones of the emails Janice Hallett reveals each character’s personality and they are all so brilliant to read. The Appeal was full of twists and surprises, packed full of action and (amateur) dramatics: I loved every minute of it.
Everyone is talking about this book for a reason.
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