The Margaret Code: Meet the detective duo you'll never forget in this compulsive and charming debut crime...

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Richard Hooton

The Margaret Code

Meet the detective duo you'll never forget in this compulsive and charming debut crime novel...

Richard Hooton

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Sphere
10 April 2025

Crime & Mystery

MEET THE DETECTIVE DUO YOU'LL NEVER FORGET

For readers of The Marlow Murder Club, Richard Osman and The List of Suspicious Things

'One of the best books I've read this year' ALEX GRAY

'An absorbingly unusual murder mystery' CHRIS BROOKMYRE

'Humorous and heart-breaking . . . I couldn't stop turning the page' EMILY CRITCHLEY

'Wry, compelling and ever so poignant' NAOMI KELSEY

'Readers will be cheering for the determined, if fragile, Margaret' LAURA SHEPPERSON

89-year-old Margaret has lived on Garnon Crescent all her life, except for those few years she never talks about. She knows all the neighbours; their hopes, their heartbreaks.

Only recently, Margaret's memory isn't what it used to be. She is sure Barbara, her best friend and neighbour, told her something important. Something she was supposed to remember.

When Barbara is found dead, Margaret determines to recover her missing memory. She and her grandson James begin to investigate, but soon strange incidents occur in her home. Margaret's daughter thinks her memory is getting worse, but Margaret knows somebody wants her out of the way.

Because Margaret holds the key to solving this crime. If only she could remember where she put it.

By: Richard Hooton
Imprint: Sphere
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 554g
ISBN: 9781408731048
ISBN 10: 1408731045
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 10 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Hooton has received numerous prizes for his short fiction. The Margaret Code, his debut novel, is inspired by his relationship with his grandmother.

Reviews for The Margaret Code: Meet the detective duo you'll never forget in this compulsive and charming debut crime novel

One of the best books I've read this year. It has so much to say about memory loss and the terrors of having to leave one's own home. I very much hope to meet Margaret and James again! -- ALEX GRAY, author of the DSI William Lorimer series