![]() ![]() ![]() It sounded as if that would be a one-off standalone novel. Susan Ryeland narrowly escaped Magpie Murders with her life and that novel brought her career and her life in England to a close as she headed off to Crete with her boyfriend Andreas to start life running a hotel. I am waiting for some form of crossover as both series populate the same literary universe, so, Anthony, if you ever read this…Īnyway, back to this novel. ![]() In Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders, our protagonist is Susan Ryeland, the publisher of the fictional Atticus Pund novels in The Word is Murder series, a fictionalised Anthony Horowitz himself is the bumbling Doctor Watson character. His two recent (currently unconnected but very similar) series of books are very much a writerly book: Magpie Murders, to which this novel is the sequel, and The Word is Murder and The Sentence is Death both play with the publishing world’s interaction with the real life crimes that it fictionalises. ![]() If you were ever looking for a safe pair of hands for a light-hearted, entertaining detective novel, Anthony Horowitz is it! Many thanks to Samantha Shannon and Bloomsbury for the chance to read this ARC, courtesy of NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.Īnthony Horowitz… creator of Alex Rider and Christopher Foyle, writer for Midsomer Murders from its inception, trusted with the legacy of Sherlock Holmes and James Bond. ![]()
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