The word is murder

a novel

No cover

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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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.

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reviewed The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

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.

Review of 'The word is murder' on 'Goodreads'

Didn't enjoy this as much as Magpie Murders, but it was a nice mental break at a time when life was just throwing way too much reality at me. The idea of using himself as a (presumably fictional) character in his own fiction was novel, but Magpie was cleverer. Still, you can't go too far wrong with Horowitz; there's a reason people love this guy's stuff.

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Subjects

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

Places

  • London (England)