The Telling Error

Author Sophie Hannah
Narrator David Thorpe, Julia Barrie
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Run Time 14 hours and 24 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.

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What to expect

Stuck in a traffic jam, Nicki Clements sees a face she hoped never to see again. It's definitely him, the same police officer, stopping each car on Elmhirst Road. Keen to avoid him, Nicki does a U-turn and makes a panicky escape.

Or so she thinks. The next day, Nicki is pulled in for questioning in connection with the murder of Damon Blundy, controversial newspaper columnist and resident of Elmhirst Road.

Nicki can't answer any of the questions detectives fire at her. She has no idea why the killer used a knife in such a peculiar way, or why 'HE IS NO LESS DEAD' was painted on Blundy's study wall. And she can't explain why she avoided Elmhirst Road that day without revealing the secret that could ruin her life.

Because although Nicki is not guilty of murder, she is far from innocent . . .

(P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton

Critics Review

Riveting . . Her best twists and solution yet

Heat

The queen of psychological crime . . . Fiendishly clever . . . Hannah is masterly at leading the reader down the wrong path and here she excels once again.

Sunday Express

The genius of Hannah’s domestic thrillers – along with the twistiest plots known to woman – is that she creates ordinary people whose psychological quirks make them as monstrous as any serial killer.

Guardian

The queen of the ingenious plot twist

Good Housekeeping

Hannah has revived the apparently exhausted detective genre by inventing a new style. You could call it every-day Gothic or ordinary extremism. But whatever label you stick on her books, they stay with you because you are likely to share or at least understand the motives of the killer.

Spectator

There is an admirable, complicated cleverness about [Hannah’s] stories . . . Think Agatha Christie at her best but updated to a time of Twitter and online dating.

Independent on Sunday

Each of Hannah’s characters is incredibly psychologically developed, full of light and shade: a challenge to understand. If you want a tale to keep you on your toes, give your brain a jolt, and cause a series of heart attacks, THE TELLING ERROR is for you. Hannah proves once again that she deserves the accolade of Queen of Crime.

Stylist

Difficult to put down. Hannah is terrific on complex, tangled, forbidden or impossible relationships that result in murder.

The Times

An exceptional storyteller – this is exactly the sort of crime read that can lead to missed tube stops and sleepless nights.

Elle

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