The Opposite of Murder
Hardback Published on: 29/01/2026
Price: £22.00
Synopsis
What if the only way you could prevent a murder was by confessing to it?
Jemma Stelling has confessed to a murder.
She is the police's lead suspect. She couldn't have committed the crime.
She has an unshakeable alibi: at the time of Marianne Cass's brutal murder, Jemma was at the police station, confessing to a murderous obsession with Marianne.
Is Jemma Stelling innocent? Or is she an ingenious, cold-blooded killer? Can you be guilty of the opposite of murder?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 9781529352955
- Number of pages: 368
- Dimensions: 236 x 158 x 34 mm
- Weight: 580g
- Languages: English
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A clever and exciting murder mystery
In The Opposite of Murder Sophie Hannah has given us another fantastically twisted, cleverly plotted book which kept me guessing right up until the very la... READ MORE
Didn't work for me
The premise of The Opposite of Murder really drew me in. The idea of someone confessing to a murder they couldn’t possibly have committed is intriguing and... READ MORE
Not for me, sorry
In the acknowledgements the author says ‘after I’d spent more than a year seriously wondering if I had accidentally produced something that made no sense …... READ MORE
The Opposite of Murder
We start with a woman rocking up at a Police Station to confess to wanting to murder someone. She hopes that in doing so, it will prevent her from actually... READ MORE
Complex murder mystery
I hasn’t actually realised this was a Charlie Zailer and Simon Waterhouse story so that was actually a pleasant surprise and the issues with the team dynam... READ MORE
Nice to see Simon and Charlie at large again
Jemma Stelling arrives at Spilling Police station ready to confess that she had a plan to murder her stepmother, but has chickened out.
Charlie is the fir... READ MORE
Convoluted, implausible and muddled
Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for this ARC.
Jemma Stelling, 38, sits in a police station confessing to murderous thoughts about her step... READ MORE
Original and complex
Jemma walks into her local police station and demands to speak to a detective. She confesses to a plan to murder her stepmother at the exact time she is re... READ MORE
complex, compelling and full of twists
Jemma tries to confess to planning to murder her step mum, the only problem is whilst she is trying to get the police to take her seriously her step mum is... READ MORE
Plenty of twists and turns
It took me a little while to get into this book but really enjoyed it once I had. As a murder mystery goes, it has plenty of twists and turns plus I didn’t... READ MORE
Intriguing!
Although I prefer Sophie Hannah's psychological thrillers, I have read some, but by no means all of her Spilling CID series of which 'The Opposite of Murde... READ MORE
disappointing
Ive read a few of Sophie Hannah's books, and all the Poirot ones, and really enjoyed them, so was looking forward to this one with it's interesting premise... READ MORE
Intriguing!
Although I prefer Sophie Hannah's psychological thrillers, I have read some, but by no means all of her Spilling CID series of which 'The Opposite of Murde... READ MORE
An intriguing plot
An intricately plotted psychological thriller which keeps you guessing. The premise of the storyline is intriguing, but, for me, the characters and the con... READ MORE
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