As I predicted, Sophie Hannah’s narrative skills are growing. A Game for All the Family is not part of the Zailer / Waterhouse series but a standalone novel. And it’s a lot more complex in terms of narrative structures and its openness to different interpretations than anything Hannah has written up to now.
This novel is not a murder mystery stricto sensu but, rather, a book about a woman who decides to dedicate her life to doing nothing and descends into madness. Very well-done, spot-on in terms of psychology, and as engrossing as anything by Hannah. It’s as if Ruth Rendell came back but in a more contemporary version. 💟💟💟
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