The Examiner

Six students of various ages and backgrounds all sign up for a new master's level art class at a university in England. The senior art tutor needs this class to work so it can be added to the university's curriculum going forward. But frictions arise almost right away, and we soon realize there's an undercurrent of...something...but we don't know what. Hallett's novels are always told through snippets of emails, texts, instant messages, etc., which slowly reveal that not everyone or everything is as it seems. I loved two of her previous books, The Appeal and The Mysterious Case of the Apperton Angels, so I assumed I would like this one as well, but I was absolutely BLOWN AWAY by the ending, and how Hallett managed to weave together all the different threads. I'm pretty sure I scared my cats when I loudly exclaimed as the endgame was finally revealed. As a master of misdirection, this is Hallett’s best book yet.