Now available to preorder: A Line to Kill, the latest fiendish murder mystery from Anthony Horowitz
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SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER?
A woman is strangled six hours after organising her own funeral.
Did she know she was going to die? Did she recognise her killer?
Daniel Hawthorne, a recalcitrant detective with secrets of his own, is on the case, and he s found himself a sidekick - popular crime novelist Anthony Horowitz, who s struck a deal with Hawthorne to turn his latest case into a true crime bestseller.
But the case is twistier and bloodier than Hawthorne had bargained for, and the unlikely duo of detective and writer find themselves neck deep in danger. When the written word is your only defence, you know you re in trouble when the word is murder...
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Buried secrets, murder and a trail of bloody clues lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz s page-turning new detective series. If you enjoyed BBC s Sherlock, you ll LOVE The Word is Murder.
Chosen as one of Crime Time s books of the year
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Raises the game-playing to Olympic level - Guardian Books of the Year
A real page-turner. I loved it! - ALED JONES (ITV, Weekend)
The beguiling whodunit plot is dispatched with characteristic elan as Horowitz blurs the line between fact and fiction - Financial Times
Splendidly entertaining, absorbing and difficult to put down. Hawthorne is an intriguing character - Daily Express
Sharp-witted readers who think they ve solved the puzzle early on can rest assured that they ve opened only one of many dazzling Christmas packages Horowitz has left beautifully wrapped under the tree - Kirkus Reviews
Deduction and wit are well-balanced, and fans of Peter Lovesey and other modern channelers of the spirit of the golden age of detection will clamor for more - Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Bestselling author Anthony Horowitz has written two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk and Moriarty; two James Bond novels, Trigger Mortis and Forever and a Day; three Detective Hawthorne novels, The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death and the forthcoming A Line To Kill, and the acclaimed bestselling mystery novels Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.
He is also the author of the teen spy Alex Rider series, and responsible for creating and writing some of the UK s most loved and successful TV series, including Midsomer Murders and Foyle s War. In January 2014 he was awarded an OBE for his services to literature.
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