{"product_id":"the-twyford-code-9781668003220","title":"The Twyford Code","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe mysterious connection between a teacher's disappearance and an unsolved code in a children's book is explored in this fresh novel from the author of the \"clever and often wryly funny\" (\u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e) novel \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForty 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 disappeared on a class field trip, Smithy became convinced that she had been right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, 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 from his estranged son, Smithy alternates between visiting the people of his childhood and looking back on the events that later landed him in prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A modern Agatha Christie\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London), Janice Hallett has constructed a fiendishly clever, maddeningly original crime novel for lovers of word games, puzzles, and stories of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668003220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/04\/2022 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Janice Hallett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42531061072053,"sku":"9781668003220","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a3fa67b7-0e8d-40c5-a930-aa339a924540.jpg?v=1669735795","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-twyford-code-9781668003220","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}