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The Word Is Murder

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A woman gets done in, her actor son is slashed to death and the author of The Word is Murder is nearly found six feet under. Detective Hawthorn is on the case, only he's not a detective anymore 'cos he got the sack. Instead, Hawthorn decides to engage Anthony Horowitz, the author, to spend time and money helping him find the culprit and write a book about how he solved the crime. It's a whodunnit Agatha Christie style, but I'm afraid it was a little too easy to guess whodunit before the reveal. Well written, pacy and dare I say, old-fashioned. Reckon it'll be on TV soon.

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What a fascinating book! A story about a well known writer (Mr Horowitz himself) writing how he is approached by an ex detective for a story, and then what happens as the story and research start to reveal itself..

I've never read a book that is effectively being written and researched as you read it. A book where a writer has to help solve a crime in order to write his book. And he gets into some situations let me tell you! The story within the story within the story is a woman who plans her own funeral and then ends up dead some six hours later. That thread was interesting enough but add the other layers and it was just WOW! I just loved the banter between Horowitz and Hawthorne! They did make me chuckle.

This was surreal in a lot of ways - what's real, what's not? - but very compelling. I'm going to think about this and then write a longer review.

Highly recommended Horowitz!

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a great intro novella to hook you into the next book. But I am struggling with who the narrator actually is?

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