Can’t Wait Wednesday – The Killer Question by Janice Hallett @janice.hallett @janicehallett.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheKillerQuestion #CantWaitWednesday

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

I’ll read anything Hallett writes. Can’t Wait!

Description
Janice Hallett, “the new queen of crime” ( Electric Literature ), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub’s weekly trivia night, revealed through quiz categories, phone messages, and email correspondence.

Sue and Mal Eastwood run an isolated rural pub called The Case is Altered where a weekly trivia game has revived its flagging fortunes—that is, until a body is found in the nearby river. Soon after, a mysterious new team arrives and shakes up the diverse field of regulars by scoring top marks in every round…every week.

Meanwhile, Sue and Mal have a secret of their own. Before arriving here, they were caught up in a secret police operation which meant they had to leave town—and whatever happened back then seems to have finally caught up with them.

Five years later, the pub lies derelict, and their nephew Dominic is determined to make a documentary about their story. What happened at this unassuming pub? And can a single question really kill?

Book Info

• Release Date: September 23, 2025
• Audiobook Narrator: TBD
• Audio Length: ~10 hours
• Print/Digital Page Numbers: 448
• Publishers: Atria Books (print & digital) Simon & Schuster Audio (audio)

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