The Killer Question

 The Killer Question by Janice Hallett, 448 pages. 

Dominic Eastwood has a pitch for a true crime documentary. In phone conversations, emails, police footage, and other documentation, he pieces together the story of his aunt and uncle, Mal and Sue Eastwood, their oddly cutthroat pub quiz, and the body pulled from the river nearby. How does Sue and Mal's history as police officers (a history they keep secret from their patrons) tie in with a mysterious quiz team and a murder? That is the killer question.

I am normally very into epistolary novels, and the premise for this one sounded really interesting. Unfortunately, I don't think the format really worked in this case. The first section of this book was entirely very petty quiz drama, and it was a long time before this book moved at anything more than a crawl. The only part I found particularly engaging was the conclusion, which did have me at the edge of my seat, and which recontextualized much of the book. This might be interesting for a big pub quiz enjoyer, but I'm afraid it's a bit of a miss otherwise.