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The Opposite of Murder<\/h1>\n

Out\u00a0 in hardback, ebook and audio January 16th 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jemma Stelling has confessed to a murder \u2014 one she can\u2019t possibly have committed.<\/p>\n

She has an unshakeable alibi: when Marianne Cass was stabbed to death outside her home, Jemma was at the police station confessing to a murderous obsession with Marianne and a plan to kill her in precisely the way she was killed.<\/p>\n

So is Jemma innocent? Or is she an ingenious, cold-blooded murderer?<\/p>\n

Can someone be guilty of the opposite of murder?<\/p>\n

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\u201cI loved this book. It\u2019s so clever, and has the perfect twist. Anyone can write something that is just a lie, but this, a kind of dual truth, takes real skill. A killer last line, too.\u201d
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\u201cAn ingenious puzzle of a novel that crackles with energy and menace.\u201d
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\u201cClever, complex and compelling. No one does it like Sophie Hannah.\u201d
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