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A review by doughtah
The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
I didn’t expect all of this when I initially picked up this book. In fact, I wanted to read Hallett’s latest novel but this was the only book of hers that my library had, so I picked it up.
This was such a fun and fascinating mystery. There were a handful of times where I thought I was cracking the code but by the end I knew I hadn’t quite got it. And yet I still had fun reading along. It reminds me of that one Agatha Christie novel where the murderer was the narrator in the final pages of revelations.
My absolute favorite part of this book is the fact that it is a loveletter from an absent father to his son. He respected his estranged son’s boundaries and still found a way to give this gift to him. I was crying once I realized who Inspector Waliso was in the end. This was such a pleasant surprise of heartfulness.
This was such a fun and fascinating mystery. There were a handful of times where I thought I was cracking the code but by the end I knew I hadn’t quite got it. And yet I still had fun reading along. It reminds me of that one Agatha Christie novel where the murderer was the narrator in the final pages of revelations.