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The Couple at the Table

a totally gripping and unputdownable locked room crime thriller packed with twists

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 Simon Waterhouse and Charlie Zailer are back in bestseller Sophie Hannah's twisty new psych suspense:
SIX COUPLES. ONE LUXURY RESORT. AND THE PERFECT MURDER . . .

You're on your honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only resort.

You receive a note warning you to 'Beware of the couple at the table nearest to yours'. At dinner that night, five other couples are present, and none of their tables is any nearer or further away than any of the others. It's as if someone has set the scene in order to make the warning note meaningless - but why would anyone do that?

You have no idea.

You also don't know that you're about to be murdered, or that once you're dead, all the evidence will suggest that no one there that night could possibly have committed the crime.

So who might be trying to warn you? And who might be about to commit the perfect impossible murder?

(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2022 Sophie Hannah Crime Crime Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Murder

Critic Reviews

Twisty
One of the best crime writers currently working
The Couple at the Table is a wise and witty portrait of modern marriage and murder
Complex and satisfying outing
A fabulously twisty and entertaining read!
A new novel by Sophie Hannah is a cause for celebration. The Couple at The Table has everything you want in a mystery - a cryptic threat, a murder, a closed circle of suspects and an unguessable solution. Completely ingenious, entirely satisfying - a delight from start to finish
I have just finished The Couple At The Table and it is BY FAR Sophie Hannah's best one yet. Relatable, funny, high concept and so satisfying I watched in awe as the pieces fell into place. Bravo!
You'll love this brain-melting thriller!
Brain-bending
The award-winning crime writer returns with another gripping psychological suspense
As much head-scratching fun as ever
Intriguing
Another winning thriller
Sly and twisty whodunnit
Clever and wonderfully plotted
An absorbing thriller with an abundance of red herrings and a gradual drip-drip of clues. A fantastic mystery
All stars
Most relevant
I’m so enjoyed this really well written with clever story lines. Bit like a Agatha Christie book.
Good read

Best Sophie Hannah for years

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Some of the most annoying characters ever written, whiny narration, can not recommend this book at all!

Disappointing

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Everything about this: first person, modern setting, narrator really didn’t work for me. Just didn’t feel in the spirit or indeed capture the essence of Agatha Christie.

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