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The Word Is Murder
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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The Sentence Is Death
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- Written by: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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New York Times best-selling author Anthony Horowitz and eccentric Detective Daniel Hawthorne team up again in a new mystery, the sequel to the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder, to delve deep into the killing of a high-profile divorce lawyer and the death, only a day earlier, of his onetime friend.
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Loved it
- By Robin B. on 2022-03-30
Written by: Anthony Horowitz
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A Line to Kill
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When ex-detective inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation - or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.
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A delicious series
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Thrown into prison and fearing for both his personal future and his writing career, Anthony is the prime suspect in Throsby’s murder and when a second theatre critic is found to have died in mysterious circumstances, the net closes in. Ever more desperate, he realizes that only one man can help him. But will Hawthorne take the call?
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Clever and fun.
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Farlingaye Hall is a beautiful hotel in Suffolk on the east coast of England. Unfortunately, it is also the site of the brutal murder of Frank Parris, a retired advertising executive. Stefan Codrescu, a Romanian maintenance man, is arrested after police discover blood spatter on his clothes and bed linen. He is found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison. It appears to be an open-and-shut case, but there is more to it than meets the eye.
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Spoilers in review
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The House of Silk
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Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective in literary history. For the first time since the death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a new Holmes story has been sanctioned by his estate, whetting the appetites of fans everywhere. Information about the book will be revealed as deliberately as Holmes himself would unravel a knotty case, but bestselling novelist and Holmes expert Anthony Horowitz is sure to bring a compelling, atmospheric story to life.
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Can I still enter review if not finished?
- By JiEun on 2018-09-17
Written by: Anthony Horowitz
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Magpie Murders
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- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
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When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the best-selling crime writer for years, she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan's traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job.
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A love letter to the classics mysteries.
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Written by: Anthony Horowitz
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The Sentence Is Death
- A Novel
- Written by: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling author Anthony Horowitz and eccentric Detective Daniel Hawthorne team up again in a new mystery, the sequel to the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder, to delve deep into the killing of a high-profile divorce lawyer and the death, only a day earlier, of his onetime friend.
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Loved it
- By Robin B. on 2022-03-30
Written by: Anthony Horowitz
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A Line to Kill
- A Novel
- Written by: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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When ex-detective inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation - or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.
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A delicious series
- By Ex-RCPO on 2023-01-01
Written by: Anthony Horowitz
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The Twist of a Knife
- A Novel
- Written by: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Thrown into prison and fearing for both his personal future and his writing career, Anthony is the prime suspect in Throsby’s murder and when a second theatre critic is found to have died in mysterious circumstances, the net closes in. Ever more desperate, he realizes that only one man can help him. But will Hawthorne take the call?
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Clever and fun.
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Written by: Anthony Horowitz
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Moonflower Murders
- A Novel
- Written by: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Allan Corduner
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
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Farlingaye Hall is a beautiful hotel in Suffolk on the east coast of England. Unfortunately, it is also the site of the brutal murder of Frank Parris, a retired advertising executive. Stefan Codrescu, a Romanian maintenance man, is arrested after police discover blood spatter on his clothes and bed linen. He is found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison. It appears to be an open-and-shut case, but there is more to it than meets the eye.
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Spoilers in review
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Written by: Anthony Horowitz
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The House of Silk
- A Sherlock Holmes Novel
- Written by: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective in literary history. For the first time since the death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a new Holmes story has been sanctioned by his estate, whetting the appetites of fans everywhere. Information about the book will be revealed as deliberately as Holmes himself would unravel a knotty case, but bestselling novelist and Holmes expert Anthony Horowitz is sure to bring a compelling, atmospheric story to life.
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Can I still enter review if not finished?
- By JiEun on 2018-09-17
Written by: Anthony Horowitz
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Magpie Murders
- A Novel
- Written by: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Samantha Bond, Allan Corduner
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
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When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the best-selling crime writer for years, she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan's traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job.
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A love letter to the classics mysteries.
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An absolute delight
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Internationally best-selling author Anthony Horowitz's nail-biting new novel plunges us back into the dark and complex world of detective Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty - dubbed the "Napoleon of crime" by Holmes - in the aftermath of their fateful struggle at the Reichenbach Falls. Days after the encounter at the Swiss waterfall, Pinkerton detective agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York.
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An original delight!
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disappointed
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Publisher's Summary
She planned her own funeral. But did she arrange her own murder?
New York Times best-selling 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.
One bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper - the wealthy mother of a famous actor - enters a funeral parlor. She is there to plan her own service.
Six hours later she is found dead, strangled with a curtain cord in her own home.
Enter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric investigator who’s as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. Hawthorne needs a ghost writer to document his life; a Watson to his Holmes. He chooses Anthony Horowitz.
Drawn in against his will, Horowitz soon finds himself a the center of a story he cannot control. Hawthorne is brusque, temperamental, and annoying but even so his latest case with its many twists and turns proves irresistible. The writer and the detective form an unusual partnership. At the same time, it soon becomes clear that Hawthorne is hiding some dark secrets of his own.
A masterful and tricky mystery that springs many surprises, The Word Is Murder is Anthony Horowitz at his very best.
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- LMM
- 2019-04-11
Sad Offering from Horowitz
It was an interesting idea, but at least 30 percent of this book is simply an annotated CV of Horowitz's accomplishments which adds nothing to the plot of the mystery. This book is mostly a sad brag by the author about what he's worked on and who he's worked with. His "character" s" involvement in "the mystery" was unnecessary entirely.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-08-15
First audiobook
Loved it! Extremely well narrated and a great story expertly written. I’m a Connelly fan and not many books grab my attention. This did!
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- Diana
- 2023-01-03
Interesting Murder Story
Different from many other murder mysteries, yet it’s still intriguing to find out who did it. Love the narrative but I was a bit mixed when the narrator didn’t change his tone for another character twice. No matter. Storyline is good. Recommended.
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- Margaret Harvey-O'Kelly
- 2022-09-09
Goodbye Mr. Tibbs?
Beautifully narrated by Rory Kinnear. Great story. Kept us on the edge of our seats as we travelled from Ottawa to Toronto and back again.
Terribly funny in parts. Hawthorne is a wonderful character- full of surprises and not a knitting pattern in sight!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-04-14
good
This was a real whodunit. kept me guessing until the end,good characters and good narration
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- Shirley Ackland
- 2019-07-16
Anthony Horowitz doesn’t disappoint!
I loved Magpie Murders and didn’t think Anthony Horowitz could reel me in again to this next book, but he certainly did!
The Word is Murder grabs you from the first sentence. The relationship he builds between Horowitz and Hawthorne had me laughing, smirking and totally engaged with the back and forth banter of these two unlikely comrades.
The icing on the cake ? the great readers of this murder mystery. I’m hooked! On to The Sentence is Death !
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- Avid listener LK
- 2018-07-31
Suspense is the modus operende
That this novel is extraordinarily well written is an understatement. Horowitz creates suspense at each turn. And it is not until the very end that one appreciates this. I could suggest that you pay attention to all of the characters but that would not help you figure out “ Who did it “. But read on as the process is highly enjoyable.