** WINNER OF THE CRIME & THRILLER BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 *** THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE QUEEN OF COSY CRIME ** LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIAR CRIME NOVEL AWARD *A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2022A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2022A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022''Every page is a joy. The queen of unreliable narrators'' SUNDAY TIMES''Brilliant - a mind-bending, heartwarming mystery not to be missed'' OBSERVER''She''s an absolute master of what she does'' RICHARD COLESCan you crack the Twyford Code?Edith Twyford was once a world-famous children''s author, but now her only legacy is the rumoured existence of the Twyford Code: a series of clues hidden in her books leading to... what? No one knows - but that hasn''t stopped the speculation.Steve Smith can trace nearly all the bad things in his life back to Edith Twyford. As a child he found one of her books, covered in strange symbols. He showed it to his teacher, Miss Iles, who
