
The Examiner
28th September 2024
Janice Hallett returns for yet another of her genius mystery stories presented in the form of found written material.
This time, the notes come from an MA course in art, and include coursework, the teacher’s and students' notes, and informal communication between them, as what starts out a standard marking process becomes much more suspicious.
The concept is amazing to conceive and must take so much effort and thought to put together so meticulously. I particularly love how secrets are kept in plain sight for so long and just astound when they are revealed.
However I did think this time the ending felt somewhat unsatisfactory, and I’m not sure I entirely followed all of the final twists and reveals.




