{"product_id":"the-twyford-code-hardcover","title":"The Twyford Code - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanice Hallett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"[A] delicious premise and clever execution....with a bravura final section.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe mysterious connection between a teacher's disappearance and an unsolved code in a children's book is explored in this new novel from the \"modern Agatha Christie\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London) and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForty years ago, Steven \"Smithy\" Smith found a copy of a famous children's book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. When he showed it to his remedial English teacher Miss Iles, she believed that it was part of a secret code that ran through all of Twyford's novels. And when she later disappeared on a class field trip, Smithy becomes convinced that she had been right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, out of prison after a long stretch, Smithy decides to investigate the mystery that has haunted him for decades. In a series of voice recordings on an old iPhone, Smithy alternates between visiting the people of his childhood and looking back on the events that later landed him in prison. But it soon becomes clear that Edith Twyford wasn't just a writer of forgotten children's stories. The Twyford Code holds a great secret, and Smithy may just have the key. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Filled with numerous clues, acrostics, and red herrings, this thrilling scavenger hunt for the truth is delightfully deceptive and thoroughly immersive\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanice 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 \u003ci\u003eNetherBard\u003c\/i\u003e and cowrote the feature film \u003ci\u003eRetreat. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in London and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Twyford Code\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731971051583,"sku":"9781668003220","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9b98a486d5b170f22c1cc0c9b4787e5e.webp?v=1765130802","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-twyford-code-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}