The Word Is Murder [electronic resource]
Horowitz, Anthony2017
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She planned her own funeral. But did she arrange her own murder? Buried secrets, murder and a trail of bloody clues lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's page-turning detective series. 'EASILY THE GREATEST OF OUR CRIME WRITERS' Sunday Times 'RAISES THE GAME-PLAYING TO OLYMPIC LEVEL' Guardian Books of the Year 'A REAL PAGE-TURNER. I LOVED IT!' Aled Jones _________________ A woman is strangled six hours after organising her own funeral. Did she know she was going to die? Did she recognise her killer? Enter Daniel Hawthorne, a detective with a genius for solving crimes and an ability to hold secrets very close. With him is his writing partner, Anthony Horowitz. Together they will set out to solve his most puzzling of mysteries. What neither of them know is that they are about to embark on a dark and dangerous journey whether the twists and turns are as unexpected as they are bloody. _________________ 'Horowitz blurs the line between fact and fiction' Financial Times 'Splendidly entertaining, absorbing and difficult to put down. Hawthorne is an intriguing character' Daily Express 'Sharp-witted readers who think they've solved the puzzle early on can rest assured that they've opened only one of many dazzling Christmas packages Horowitz has left beautifully wrapped under the tree' Kirkus Reviews 'Deduction and wit are well-balanced, and fans of Peter Lovesey and other modern channelers of the spirit of the golden age of detection will clamor for more' Publishers Weekly
Main title:
The Word Is Murder [electronic resource] / Anthony Horowitz
Author:
Horowitz, Anthony, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Random House, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Hawthorne and Horowitz
Audience:
Reading grade level: 3-4
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Bestselling author Anthony Horowitz has written two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk and Moriarty; three James Bond novels, Trigger Mortis, Forever and a Day and With a Mind to Kill; the acclaimed bestselling mystery novels Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders and the Detective Hawthorne novels, The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death, A Line To Kill, The Twist of a Knife and the latest Close to Death is out in April 2024. He is also the author of the teen spy Alex Rider series, and responsible for creating and writing some of the UK's most loved and successful TV series, including Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War. In January 2022 he was awarded a CBE for his services to literature.
ISBN:
9781473539105
Language:
English
BRN:
2279183
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