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The Twyford Code : A Novel by Janice Hallett, Cécile Leclère is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Twyford Code : A Novel about?

The mysterious connection between a teacher's disappearance and an unsolved code in a children's book is explored in this new novel from the "modern Agatha Christie" ( The Sunday Times , London ) and author of The Appeal . Forty 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 later disappeared on a class field trip, Smithy becomes convinced that she had been right. Now, 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, Smithy alternates between visiting the people of his childhood and looking back on the events that later landed him in prison. But 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. "Filled with numerous clues, acrostics, and red herrings, this thrilling scavenger

Who reads The Twyford Code : A Novel?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Janice Hallett, Cécile Leclère
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Published
2023
Language
EN
ISBN
9781668003220
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Mystery, Thriller, True Crime
Rating
4.1 / 5 (3,641 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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