a line to kill
The murders are elaborate, the clues opaque and the mystery seemingly unsolvable, until Hawthorne steps in with customary aplomb and explains all. As a mystery, this book is immensely satisfying. But as a meta-story – an extravagant, knowing satire … knowing send-up of the author himself; and a homage to the Golden Age of mystery – it is pure delight.’ NEW YORK TIMES
Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and the writer Anthony Horowitz have been invited to a literary festival on the island of Alderney to talk about their new book.
Very soon they discover that dark forces are at work.
Alderney is in turmoil over a planned power line that will cut through it, desecrating a war cemetery and turning neighbour against neighbour.
And the visiting authors seem to be harbouring any number of unpleasant secrets.
When the festival’s wealthy sponsor is found brutally murdered, Alderney goes into lockdown and Hawthorne knows he doesn’t have to look too far for suspects. There’s no escape. The killer is still on the island.
And there’s about to be a second death . . .
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‘This is crime fiction as dazzling entertainment’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Witty, wry, clever, a fabulous detective story and perfect summer reading’ KATE MOSSE
‘Funny, intriguing, thrilling and thought-provoking: a marvellous mystery’ ADAM HAMDY
‘A golden-age whodunnit on steroids’ KIRKUS REVIEWS
‘My favourite literary hero at the moment is Anthony Horowitz’ SHARI LAPENA
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 14/04/2022
- Año de edición: 2022
- ISBN: 9781529156973
- Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
- Idioma: INGLÉS
- Editorial: RANDOM HOUSE
- Nº de páginas: 400
Este libro ha sido escrito y pretenece a Anthony Horowitz
When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation—or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival’s other guests—an eccentric gathering that includes a bestselling children’s author, a French poet, a TV chef turned cookbook author, a blind psychic, and a war historian—along with a group of ornery locals embroiled in an escalating feud over a disruptive power line. When a local grandee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Hawthorne and Horowitz become embroiled in the case. The island is locked down, no one is allowed on or off, and it soon becomes horribly clear that a murderer lurks in their midst. But who?Both a brilliant satire on the world of books and writers and an immensely enjoyable locked-room mystery, A Line to Kill is a triumph—a riddle of a story full of brilliant misdirection, beautifully set-out clues, and diabolically clever denouements.
