{"product_id":"9780062676788","title":"The Word Is Murder : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Word Is Murder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Anthony Horowitz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMoriarty\u003c\/em\u003e, Anthony Horowitz has yet again brilliantly reinvented the classic crime novel, this time writing a fictional version of himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper – the wealthy mother of a famous actor - enters a funeral parlor. She is there to plan her own service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix hours later she is found dead, strangled with a curtain cord in her own home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric investigator who’s as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. Hawthorne needs a ghost writer to document his life; a Watson to his Holmes. He chooses Anthony Horowitz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn in against his will, Horowitz soon finds himself a the center of a story he cannot control. Hawthorne is brusque, temperamental and annoying but even so his latest case with its many twists and turns proves irresistible. The writer and the detective form an unusual partnership. At the same time, it soon becomes clear that Hawthorne is hiding some dark secrets of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful and tricky mystery that springs many surprises, \u003cem\u003eThe Word is Murde\u003c\/em\u003er is Anthony Horowitz at his very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Actually, the word is not murder, it’s ingenious. . . . A masterful meta-mystery.”\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e“Horowitz is undeniably brilliant.”\u003cbr\u003e\"The beguiling whodunit plot is dispatched with characteristic élan as Horowitz blurs the line between fiction and reality… there is no denying the sheer ingenuity of the central notion.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Word Is Murder\u003c\/em\u003e is an intriguing labyrinth of whodunnits and a true page-turner throughout .”\u003cbr\u003e“An ingenious funhouse mirror of a novel sets a vintage ‘cozy’ mystery inside a modern frame.”\u003cbr\u003e“Irresistible … What can’t this supremely versatile writer do?”\u003cbr\u003e“Horowitz succeeds with \u003cem\u003eThe Word Is Murder\u003c\/em\u003e by simultaneously adhering to and defying the rules of a traditional mystery.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Word Is Murder\u003c\/em\u003e is full of surprises and suspense…hugely entertaining. It is a special treat for those who want to read crime mysteries.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLibraryReads Selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062676788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":41120720552142,"sku":"9780062676788","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062676788_2518f6e1-226a-475a-b904-6a3ac687d7ca.jpg?v=1652097492","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062676788","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}