Book Review: The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this ebook, free of charge,from Harper Collins, via Edelweiss, for review purposes. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it,  all opinions are my own. 

How about a little Mystery Monday?

TheNew York Times bestselling author of Magpie Murders andMoriarty, brilliantly reinvents the classic crime novel once again with

Synopsis:

In this clever and inventive mystery starring a fictional version of the author himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes, investigating a case involving buried secrets, murder, and a trail of bloody clues

A woman crosses a London street.

It is just after 11am on a bright spring morning, and she is going into a funeral parlor to plan her own service.

Six hours later the woman is dead, strangled with a crimson curtain cord in her own home.

Enter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric man as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. And Hawthorne has a partner, the celebrated novelist Anthony Horowitz, curious about the case and looking for new material.

As brusque, impatient, and annoying as Hawthorne can be, Horowitz—a seasoned hand when it comes to crime stories—suspects the detective may be on to something, and is irresistibly drawn into the mystery. But as the case unfolds, Horowitz realizes he’s at the center of a story he can’t control . . . and that his brilliant partner may be hiding dark and mysterious secrets of his own.

A masterful and tricky mystery which plays games at many levels, The Word Is Murder is Anthony Horowitz at his very best.

Review;

A mystery within a mystery, in true Christie form. Read this one slowly, no mater how quickly you want to turn the pages! Otherwise, you just might miss some VERY important clues! I found myself flipping back for ones I had missed, after reading the ending! The only books I ever done that with are Christies,, so I was very impressed! This is one of the books you have to tell your bookaholic friends about, so be sure its on your Summer reading list, as it comes out next month!

About the Author:

One of the U.K.’s most prolific and successful writers, Anthony Horowitz may have committed more (fictional) murders than any other living author. His novels include Magpie Murders, Trigger Mortis, Moriarty, The House of Silk, and the bestselling Alex Rider series for young adults. As a screenwriter he created the television series Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA-winning Foyle’s War, which were both featured on PBS’s Masterpiece Mystery!. His other television work includes Agatha Christie’s Poirot and the widely acclaimed miniseries Collision and Injustice, and the BBC series New Blood. He regularly contributes to a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, and, in 2014, was awarded an OBE for services to literature. He lives in London.