The Examiner
Janice Hallett
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative page-turner follows a group of students in an art master's program that goes dangerously awry, from the internationally bestselling "new queen of crime" (Electric Literature) Janice Hallett. University professor Gela Nathaniel must make her new master's program in multimedia art succeed. If it doesn't, then Royal Hastings University will cut her funding and she'll be out of the job she loves. The six students in this inaugural course will be key to that success...but how well has she selected the team? The students include a talented young sculptor who is determined to graduate with top grades, a former gallery owner with limited artistic skills, a single mother more interested in a paycheck than homework, a people pleaser who struggles with technology, a marketing executive suffering from burnout, and a successful artist who seems rather overqualified for the program. At the end of the academic year, when the examiner arrives to grade the students' final project, he finds himself asking what happened. Because if someone in that course isn't in mortal danger, then they are already dead. But who, and why? He wants us to read through the students' coursework, texts, message boards, and final essays to see if we can find the answers. Only one thing is certain: nothing about this course has been left to chance, and each of these students has their own very different agenda.
Product Details
Price
$29.99
$27.89
Publisher
Atria Books
Publish Date
September 10, 2024
Pages
480
Dimensions
6.6 X 9.4 X 1.4 inches | 1.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781668023426
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About the Author
Janice Hallett is a former magazine editor, award-winning journalist, and government communications writer. She wrote articles and speeches for, among others, the Cabinet Office, Home Office, and Department for International Development. Her enthusiasm for travel has taken her around the world several times, from Madagascar to the Galapagos, Guatemala to Zimbabwe, Japan, Russia, and South Korea. A playwright and screenwriter, she penned the feminist Shakespearean stage comedy NetherBard and cowrote the feature film Retreat. She lives in London and is the author of The Examiner, The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, The Appeal, The Christmas Appeal, and The Twyford Code.
Reviews
"Cleverer and twistier than ever! This is Janice Hallett at her very best."
--Elly Griffiths, author of The Locked Room
"This utterly clever page turning novel will keep you reading until the very last page--this might be my favorite Janice Hallett book so far!"
--C.L. Miller, author of The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder
"Were I twice as clever as I am now, I'd still be only half as clever as Janice Hallett. Everything she writes, almost impossibly, is original; think Agatha Christie, only more daring. In a century of photocopied crime novels, of been-there characters and done-that plot twists, her books feel urgently necessary; they sharpen the blunted brain like whetstones. If you want your fiction bold, witty, sophisticated, and fun, then stop reading this sentence and start reading Janice Hallett."
--AJ Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
"A remarkable book from a talented author and a good choice for readers who like the quirky and unusual."
--Booklist
"Gripping... Hallett builds intrigue with a cast of unreliable (though consistently intriguing) characters, which means the twists keep coming. Recommended for fans of academic mysteries and those who enjoy puzzle-within-a-puzzle mysteries such as Cara Hunter's Murder in the Family and Anthony Horowitz's Magpie Murders."
--Library Journal
"Hallett's unconventional novel proves both creative and astute. Dare we say it? A tour de force."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Insanely readable. Hallett is an absolute original, a complete one-off."
--Mick Herron, author of Slow Horses
"Another compulsive page-turner from Janice Hallett. Excellent fun! And at least three twists I didn't see coming."
--Alex Pavesi, author of The Eighth Detective
"Janice Hallett has done it again. The Examiner is a witty and clever whodunnit that will keep you gripped and guessing until the end. With a wonderful cast of memorable characters, and lots of unexpected twists, I couldn't put it down. Absolutely brilliant."
--Alice Feeney, author of Daisy Darker
--Elly Griffiths, author of The Locked Room
"This utterly clever page turning novel will keep you reading until the very last page--this might be my favorite Janice Hallett book so far!"
--C.L. Miller, author of The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder
"Were I twice as clever as I am now, I'd still be only half as clever as Janice Hallett. Everything she writes, almost impossibly, is original; think Agatha Christie, only more daring. In a century of photocopied crime novels, of been-there characters and done-that plot twists, her books feel urgently necessary; they sharpen the blunted brain like whetstones. If you want your fiction bold, witty, sophisticated, and fun, then stop reading this sentence and start reading Janice Hallett."
--AJ Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
"A remarkable book from a talented author and a good choice for readers who like the quirky and unusual."
--Booklist
"Gripping... Hallett builds intrigue with a cast of unreliable (though consistently intriguing) characters, which means the twists keep coming. Recommended for fans of academic mysteries and those who enjoy puzzle-within-a-puzzle mysteries such as Cara Hunter's Murder in the Family and Anthony Horowitz's Magpie Murders."
--Library Journal
"Hallett's unconventional novel proves both creative and astute. Dare we say it? A tour de force."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Insanely readable. Hallett is an absolute original, a complete one-off."
--Mick Herron, author of Slow Horses
"Another compulsive page-turner from Janice Hallett. Excellent fun! And at least three twists I didn't see coming."
--Alex Pavesi, author of The Eighth Detective
"Janice Hallett has done it again. The Examiner is a witty and clever whodunnit that will keep you gripped and guessing until the end. With a wonderful cast of memorable characters, and lots of unexpected twists, I couldn't put it down. Absolutely brilliant."
--Alice Feeney, author of Daisy Darker
