Janice Hallett

N.B. This event is now taking place at Greenside Church (1b Royal Terrace, EH7 5AB), which is just a couple minutes walk from the bookshop.

We are so excited to be welcoming bestselling author and mystery phenomenon of The Appeal and The Twyford Code Janice Hallett to Edinburgh. This will be an absolutely fantastic evening full of mystery and intrigue, make sure to book on!

Everyone knows the sad story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl and convinced her that her newborn baby was the anti-Christ. Believing they had a divine mission to kill the infant, they were only stopped when the girl came to her senses and called the police. The Angels committed suicide rather than stand trial, while mother and 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. The truth is something much darker and stranger than they'd ever imagined. And the story of the Alperton Angels is far from over.. After all, the devil is in the detail...

Janice Hallett studied English at UCL, and spent several years as a magazine editor, winning two journalism awards. She is the bestselling author of The Appeal (a Sunday Times bestseller, Waterstones Thriller of the Month and the Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year) and the Sunday Times bestseller The Twyford Code. She lives in West London.