The word is murder

a novel

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Anthony Horowitz: The word is murder (2018)

460 pages

English language

Published Feb. 27, 2018

ISBN:
978-0-06-284586-3
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OCLC Number:
1035765351

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(2 reviews)

When a wealthy woman is found murdered after planning her own funeral service, disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, investigate.

6 editions

reviewed The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (Hawthorne and Horowitz, #1)

A well thought out and gripping murder mystery

'The Word is Murder' is the first book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, where Anthony Horowitz inserts himself as the sidekick of Daniel Hawthorne, a private investigator who is eerily similar to that of Sherlock Holmes.

The book itself leads with a very interesting premise: A woman organised her funeral and there was a murder six hours later - and the book does not disappoint with the follow up on this exact point. The characters it introduces are likeable and relatable, and there's enough motives, red herrings, and information reveals to get you really thinking about whodunnit, and wanting to know how it all ends.

By the end of the book I was satisfied with the conclusion, as like all other good whodunnits, it wraps itself up with a neat little bowtie, and like all good mysteries, you never figure it out yourself.

The book gets 4-stars from me …

reviewed The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (Hawthorne and Horowitz, #1)

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.

Subjects

  • Private investigators
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Authors
  • Large type books
  • Secrecy
  • Fiction

Places

  • London (England)