By Sarah Wishart (author)
"Intriguingly different murder mystery."
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From the author of Four Good Liars , we have another gripping psychological thriller. Narrated by Grace, who has been uprooted from her life in London ‘ for her own good’. A ‘fresh start’ in rural Devon is what her dad is seeking for them both after an unspecified trauma involving Grace. Accompanying them is the adorable Shelby, an equally traumatised dog, passionately devoted to Grace, as she is to him.
It is apparent that Grace’s mental health is not good and on one of her sleepless nights, the smart speaker in the kitchen of their rental property suddenly starts issuing death threats and spooky noises. When it happens again the next night, Grace realises the speaker has been pre-programmed and surmises that the threat was aimed at a previous owner. When she starts to investigate, Grace uncovers four mysterious accidental deaths in this quiet rural village, and all have some connection to this device.
Grace is a science ‘nerd’ and treats the deaths like a science experiment, gathering evidence and testing her hypothesis that one of the deaths was in fact a murder and her notes and the Venn diagrams scattered through the book give it an unusual STEM flavour. In addition, the reader is always trying to work out the mystery of Grace herself and her back story.
The depiction of her mental health issues and PTSD is sensitively handled and feel authentic. Add in a tentative slow building romance with local boy Jem, brother of one of the accidental death victims, and there is plenty to keep readers frantically turning pages. There are plot twists and turns aplenty, some genuine peril and flawed, believable characters.
Another winner to appeal to all the murder mystery fans!
The gripping new YA thriller from the author of Four Good Liars, and the perfect read for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
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The gripping new YA thriller from the author of Four Good Liars , and the perfect read for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
How do you catch a murderer without knowing who the victim is?
Science-obsessed Grace's fresh start with her dad in Devon is derailed when the smart speaker in their new house comes alive at midnight and says : I'm going to murder you .
And after Grace begins to investigate, she uncovers four mysterious deaths - all supposedly accidents - that are linked to the device.
But only Grace knows that one of those deaths was actually a murder - and now she must identify both the victim and the killer, using the methodology of a chemistry experiment … before she ends up dead herself.
Sarah Harris is an author and freelance education journalist. She is also the author of the award-winning, The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder, which was a Richard and Judy pick, and One Ordinary Day At A Time.
Four Good Liars is her debut YA thriller which she wrote under a pseudonym. She grew up in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, and studied English at Nottingham University before gaining a post-graduate diploma in journalism at Cardiff University.
She trained as a journalist at the Western Daily Press in Bristol and now lives in London with her husband and two teenage sons.
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The gripping new YA thriller from the author of Four Good Liars, and the perfect read for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. How do you catch a murderer without knowing who the victim is?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Murder Hypothesis and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
The Murder Hypothesis features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Adventure Stories, Crime & Mystery, Thrillers, Work / Industry, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Law, police and crime, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: School, education and teachers, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
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The Murder Hypothesis was written by Sarah Wishart and published by Harper Fire an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Murder Hypothesis has 470 pages
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