
The Twyford Code
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Thomas Judd
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By:
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Janice Hallett
The mysterious connection between a teacher’s disappearance and an unsolved code in a children’s book is explored in this new novel from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) and author of The Appeal.
Forty years ago, Steven “Smithy” Smith found a copy of a famous children’s book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. When he showed it to his remedial English teacher Miss Iles, she believed that it was part of a secret code that ran through all of Twyford’s novels. And when she later disappeared on a class field trip, Smithy becomes convinced that she had been right.
Now, out of prison after a long stretch, Smithy decides to investigate the mystery that has haunted him for decades. In a series of voice recordings on an old iPhone, Smithy alternates between visiting the people of his childhood and looking back on the events that later landed him in prison. But it soon becomes clear that Edith Twyford wasn’t just a writer of forgotten children’s stories. The Twyford Code holds a great secret, and Smithy may just have the key.
“Filled with numerous clues, acrostics, and red herrings, this thrilling scavenger hunt for the truth is delightfully deceptive and thoroughly immersive” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
©2022 Janice Hallett. All rights reserved. Originally published in Great Britain in 2022 by Viper (P)2022 Profile Books Ltd.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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just ok
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Interesting read with added exploration
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Interesting and inventive way to tell a great story
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A boy, a treasure hunt, and the story of his life.
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too long
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this book was not the book I thought I was getting.
once down the rabbit hole there was no turning back i had to continue. there were times where I wanted to stop but my curiosity, got the better of me. I liked the writers style in how this book was told, there are so many twists and turned in this book which give the whole plot it's character. I'm so glad I finished this book. if your looking for a good twisty book this is for you. I hope their will be a second book.
this book was not what I'd thought it would be.
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Bleeping out swear words
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the way you fascinate on reader demand!
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Cool story, but the coded elements just don’t translate to audiobook.
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Different
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