The Dead Friend Project

Had me rolling around with laughter on one page, and filled with empathy the next. The Dead Friend Project is hilariously brilliant, and Joanna Wallace is a rare talent -- J.M. Hewitt, author of THE LIFE SHE WANTS Supremely well plotted and often hilariously funny -- Leonora Nattrass, author of BLUE WATER A tragic accident, a dead friend and a fresh new voice in crime fiction... This vivid, witty story is expertly told in mesmerising detail and with boundless energy, but there's a proper murder mystery at its heart. Joanna Wallace draws you into a deceptively ordinary world before she revels in the delicious horror beneath. Pure class -- Janice Hallett, author of THE APPEAL Motherland with murder! I haven't laughed so much in ages, then been struck speechless with horror... Funny, sad, wicked and very engaging -- Emma Curtis, author of ONE LITTLE MISTAKE Darkly funny and deftly plotted -- Alice Clark-Platts, author of THE FLOWER GIRLS A twisty-turny mystery with a brilliantly-relatable protagonist, characters that leap of the page and a narrative voice that drew me in from the opening lines. This is a brilliantly-entertaining and engaging read -- Philippa East, author of LITTLE WHITE LIES Riotously funny, dark as anything, heartfelt and searingly observed -- Kate Simants, author of FREEZE Wallace may have invented a new genre. Not cosy crime or comic crime, but clever crime -- Abbie Frost, author of THE GUESTHOUSE Brilliantly plotted, and dark and funny -- J.B. Mylet, author of THE HOMES Darkly funny and touchingly observant, The Dead Friend Project is a page turner of an emotional thriller -- Alison Stockham, author of THE CUCKOO SISTER A wonderful antidote for anyone who's suffered the Groundhog Day torture of the school run! Perfectly observed and brilliantly funny -- Alison Belsham, author of THE TATTOO THIEF A perfectly paced and brilliantly executed murder mystery with a twist and a main character you can't help rooting for even at her most awful -- Sarah Lawton, author of ALL THE LITTLE THINGS A wickedly funny thriller that kept me guessing to the last page -- Dan Malakin, author of THE BOX I loved The Dead Friend Project for its brilliantly dark humour! School gate conflicts degenerate into murder in this hilarious and fast-moving thriller -- Guy Morpuss, author of FIVE MINDS Joanna Wallace has a unique ability to conceal spiky social commentary and a sharp dose of empathy beneath her trademark cushion of laugh-out-loud humour. Will appeal to anyone who knows that parents often behave worse than their kids. The most original thriller you'll read this year -- Jo Furniss, author of ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN