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The Word Is Murder: The bestselling mystery from the author of Magpie Murders – you've never read a crime novel quite like this

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New York Times bestselling author of Magpie Murders and Moriarty, Anthony Horowitz has yet again brilliantly reinvented the classic crime novel, this time writing a fictional version of himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes. Hawthorne is brusque, temperamental and annoying but even so his latest case with its many twists and turns proves irresistible. A masterful and tricky mystery that operates at many levels, The Word Is Murder is Anthony Horowitz at his very best. Sun: 10am-6pm Six hours later the woman is dead, strangled with a crimson curtain cord in her own home. A reluctant author drawn into a story he can't control. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER? The writer and the detective form an unusual partnership.

  • ISBN-13: 978-0062676801
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial (May 7, 2019)
  • Paperback: 432 pages
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Cathy

I haven’t read anything quite like this before and passages about his books, TV shows and dealings with his agent are recounted with self-deprecating humour. Watson role to Hawthorne's Sherlock. A most entertaining and original book. Hawthorne, despite his lack of mostly all the social graces, is an intriguing protagonist.

Jeannette Hartman

5*How refreshing to read an inventive and unusual take on a murder mystery. The story begins as Diana Cowper, mother of a famous actor, visits an undertaker in order to plan her funeral down to last detail. He approaches Horowitz with a view to him writing a book, shadowing Hawthorne on his latest case and putting it all into a story, believing he would make a great central character. The plot is well constructed, with enough twists to keep it moving at a pace.



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