{"product_id":"9781443455510","title":"The Sentence Is Death : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sentence Is Death\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Anthony Horowitz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz and eccentric detective Daniel Hawthorne team up again in a new mystery—the sequel to the brilliantly inventive \u003cem\u003eThe Word Is Murder\u003c\/em\u003e—to delve deep into the killing of a high-profile divorce lawyer and the death, only a day earlier, of his one-time friend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e“You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late . . . ”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeard over the phone, these are the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death with a bottle of wine—a 1982 Château Lafite worth £2,000, to be precise—in his bachelor pad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOdd, considering Pryce didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on his wall? And, most important, which of the victim’s many, many enemies did the deed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaffled, the police are forced to bring in private investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who’s getting rather good at this murder investigation business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realizes that these secrets must be exposed—even at the risk of death . . .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Fans of traditional puzzle mysteries will be enthralled.”\u003cbr\u003e“Except for Jeffrey Deaver and Sophie Hannah, no one currently working the field has anywhere near this much ingenuity to burn.”\u003cbr\u003e“Horowitz succeeds on all levels with Book Two in the Detective Daniel Hawthorne series . . . the overall voice of the series is fresh and original, Horowitz writing with the effortless élan that distinguishes all his work.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Horowitz mimics Golden Age authors (Christie, Allingham, Marsh, Sayers) so well in his books' scope and denouéments that fans of both puzzle and cozy mysteries will savor the balance of clues.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The Sentence Is Death\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e . . . \u003c\/strong\u003emay just be one of summer’s greatest, guiltiest pleasures . . . Pray for solitary confinement, because you’ll want to read this one straight through and uninterrupted.” \u003cbr\u003e“Horowitz shows no signs of ceding the spotlight. He’s having too much fun and, as a result, so are his readers.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The Sentence Is Death\u003c\/em\u003e is a clever and well-written crime story.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The Sentence Is Death\u003c\/em\u003e is...fast-paced, lively ... there are twists and turns and unexpected developments. The fact-fiction blurring continues to the last page.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781443455510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":41118282907854,"sku":"9781443455510","price":26.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9781443455510.jpg?v=1649912261","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781443455510","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}