others, the Cabinet Office, Home Office, and Department for International Development. Her enthusiasm for travel has taken her around the world several times, from Madagascar to the Galapagos, Guatemala to Zimbabwe, Japan, Russia, and South Korea. A playwright and screenwriter, she penned the feminist Shakespearean stage comedy NetherBard and cowrote the feature film Retreat. She lives in London and is the author of The Appeal, The Twyford Code, The Christmas Appeal, and The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels.
Hallett's new novel is The Silent Appeal.
At CrimeReads the author tagged five crime novel "sequels no one was expecting, least of all the author themselves." One title on the list:
Tana French, Dublin Murder Squad seriesRead about another novel on the list.
In the Woods, Tana French’s debut novel, featured Detective Rob Ryan and his partner Detective Cassie Maddox. It was such a hit that it inspired the entire Dublin Murder Squad series of six books over ten years. However, interestingly, the focus shifted from Ryan to Maddox, as she proved the more popular and interesting character of the two.
The Likeness, the immediate sequel to French's debut, is among Lisa Borders's seven novels featuring women leading double lives, Allison Buccola's seven novels featuring imposters among us, Anna Snoekstra's seven titles built on the weight of a shared secret, Louise Hegarty’s eight Irish novels about the rise & fall of Big Houses, Emily Bain Murphy's seven mystery novels with the best twists, Emily Beyda's seven top doubles in the twisted world of mystery fiction, Sophie Stein's eight books about small-town woman detectives, Alison Wisdom's sven great thrillers featuring communal living, Christopher Louis Romaguera's nine books about mistaken identity, and Simon Lelic's top ten false identities in fiction.
--Marshal Zeringue
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