The Opposite of Murder
On sale
15th January 2026
Price: £20
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Sophie Hannah’s unguessable thrillers have readers hooked!
‘INGENIOUS! I challenge anyone to unravel this clever whodunit’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Sophie Hannah could well be our modern Christie, such a deliciously complicated plot. Her best yet!!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘This murder mystery really did blow my mind. It kept me awake at night! Absolutely brilliant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘This lived up to its press for me. I loved every page — a truly impossible puzzle!!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
What if the only way to prevent a murder is by confessing to it?
Jemma Stelling has confessed to a murder – one she can’t have committed. She has an unshakeable alibi: when Marianne Upton was stabbed to death outside her home, Jemma was at the police station confessing to a murderous obsession with Marianne and a plan to kill her in precisely the way she was killed.
So is Jemma innocent? Or is she an ingenious, cold-blooded murderer?
Can someone be guilty of the opposite of murder?
PRAISE FOR SOPHIE HANNAH:
‘A new novel by Sophie Hannah is a cause for celebration!’ ALEX MICHAELIDES
‘One of the best crime writers currently working’ SCOTSMAN
‘High concept and so satisfying’ GILLIAN McALLISTER
‘Brain-bending’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
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Reviews
Why would somebody confess to a murder they have yet to commit? Hannah answers this with her trademark flair, creativity and stylish prose. I loved it
PRAISE FOR SOPHIE HANNAH
The Couple at the Table is a wise and witty portrait of modern marriage and murder
A new novel by Sophie Hannah is a cause for celebration. The Couple at The Table has everything you want in a mystery - a cryptic threat, a murder, a closed circle of suspects and an unguessable solution. Completely ingenious, entirely satisfying
Relatable, funny, high concept and so satisfying I watched in awe as the pieces fell into place. Bravo!