The Word is Murder

, #1

Paperback, 390 pages

English (UK) language

Published 2023 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-1-78475-723-6
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OCLC Number:
1002422819

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A woman is strangled six hours after organising her own funeral.

Did she know she was going to die? Did she recognise the 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 this most puzzling of mysteries.

What neither of them know is that they are about to embark on a dark and dangerous journey where the twists and turns are as unexpected as they are bloody.

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The Word is Murder - en fnissvänlig bok

Kul metabok där Harowitz "spelar" sig själv och tar rygg på en privatdetektiv. Ett mystiskt mord leder till en mysig och rätt ofta självförklarande jakt genom England. Om det inte var för karaktärerna och att boken var hade en bra uppläsare skulle jag inte läst klart det. Men nu vill jag veta mer om detektiven Hawthorne. Jag har redan lagt till bok nummer två i läslistan.

Almost Perfect

I loved this book. It's a modern mystery In the style of a Sherlock Holmes story, but the Watson character is actually the author, making this book somewhat autobiographical. There is enough of the author's real life in the book to keep me Googling to find out what in the book is real and what is fiction. The Holmes character, Detective Hawthorne, is (apparently) fictional.

My biggest problem is Hawthorne has an unsavory characteristic, and while that characteristic was condemned, I felt it should have been given more attention.

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Subjects

  • Crime Fiction
  • Mystery