Moonflower Murders

, #2

Paperback, 608 pages

English (UK) language

Published 2024 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-1-78746-419-3
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Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is running a small hotel on a Greek island with her long-term boyfriend. It should be everything she's always wanted - but is it?

When an English couple come to visit, the story they tell about a murder that took place on the same day and in the same hotel in which their daughter, Cecily, was married is such a strange one that Susan is fascinated by it.

And when they tell her that Cecily has gone missing a few short hours after reading a crime novel Susan edited some years previously, Susan knows that she must return to London to find out what's happened to her.

The clues to the murder and to Cecily's disappearance must lie within the pages of this novel.

But what Susan cannot know is that very soon her own life will be in mortal danger . . .

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reviewed Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Susan Ryeland, #2)

A gripping detective story

The sequel to Magie Murders, I was wondering how Horowitz would be able to use the story within a story format again that would still make for a good story.

Luckily, Horowitz is a genius once again, this time leading with the crime and having the book work as a primary piece of evidence, as with all whodunnits, it's not apparent why it is relevant until the final chapter slaps you in the face with an explanation that makes it all make sense in a satisfying conclusion.

The Susan Ryeland books are a fantastic twist in the cozy crime genre and I recommend them all to those who enjoy the genre.

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Subjects

  • Publishers and publishing, fiction
  • Greece, fiction
  • Missing persons, fiction
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, general