The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels: the Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

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Open the safe deposit box. Inside you will find research material for a true crime book. You must read the documents, then make a decision. Will you destroy them? Or will you take them to the police? Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult-like group who were convinced one of their member's babies was the anti-Christ, and they had a divine mission to kill it - until the baby's mother, Holly, came to her senses and called the police. The Angels committed suicide rather than go to prison, and Holly - and the baby - disappeared into the care system. Nearly two decades later, true-crime author Amanda Bailey is writing a book on the Angels. The Alperton baby has turned eighteen and can finally be interviewed - if Amanda can find them, it will be the true-crime scoop of the year, and will save her flagging career. But rival author Oliver Menzies is just as smart, better connected, and is also on the baby's trail. As Amanda and Oliver are forced to collaborate, they realise that what everyone thinks they know about the Angels is wrong, and the truth is something much darker and stranger than they'd ever imagined. This story is far from over - and it won't have a happy ending.

Janice Hallett studied English at UCL, and spent several years as a magazine editor, winning two awards for journalism. Her debut novel, The Appeal, was a Sunday Times bestseller, Waterstones Thriller of the Month and the Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year. Her second novel, The Twyford Code, was published in 2022 and was an instant bestseller. When not indulging her passion for global adventure travel, she is based in West London.

'PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR: 'Dazzlingly clever cosy crime novel... completely trumps Richard Osman'' - Sunday Times 'A tour de force - a genuinely complex puzzle with real clues to be solved... A mind-bending, heartwarming mystery that is not to be missed' - Observer 'Agatha Christie for the 21st century' - The Times 'The queen of tricksy crime' - Sunday Times 'A wonderful book, clever and surprisingly compassionate, constantly wrong-footing the reader on its way to an ingenious and wholly satisfying final reveal' - Brian McGilloway