Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland #1)

Author(s): Anthony Horowitz

Crime Thriller Mystery

"Magpie Murders is a double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don't often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times *A New York Times bestseller *#1 Indie Next Pick *NPR best book of 2017 *Amazon best book of 2017 *Washington Post best book of 2017 *Esquire best book of 2017 From the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery. When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan's traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job. Conway's latest tale has Atticus Pünd investigating a murder at Pye Hall, a local manor house. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but the more Susan reads, the more she's convinced that there is another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript: one of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder. Masterful, clever, and relentlessly suspenseful, Magpie Murders is a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction in which the reader becomes the detective.


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Author of MORIARTY and TRIGGER MORTIS, Anthony Horowitz offers up a whodunit like no other in this fiendishly clever new novel.

An ingenious novel-within-a-novel whodunit about the death of a crime writer ... Part crime novel, part pastiche, this magnificent piece of crime fiction plays with the genre while also taking it seriously Sunday Times A cunning re-invention of the thriller formula -- Thriller of the Week Mail on Sunday Superbly written, with great suspects, a perfect period feel and a cracking reveal at the end Spectator A stylish, multi-layered thriller - playful, ingenious and wonderfully entertaining Sunday Mirror Brilliant. Really, really brilliant. I loved it. Sophie Hannah, author of The Monogram Murders Putting two books in one with their plots running side by side makes Magpie Murders difficult to put down and Horowitz fans will thoroughly enjoy a cracking good read Daily Express Although at first glance Horowitz's latest offering appears to be a classic whodunit novel, it will almost certainly prove to be unlike anything you've ever read before, and will have you mulling over its various intrigues in between sittings. Scotsman Anthony Horowitz's new novel is at once a brilliant pastiche of the English village mystery and a hugely enjoyable tale of avarice and skulduggery in the world of publishing ... a compendium of dark delights Irish Times We loved this Agatha Christie-esque crime novel. A fiendish mystery within a mystery that will have you hooked from page one Good Housekeeping A highly enjoyable twist on the classic whodunnit Metro Horowitz is a superb pasticheur. Guardian

General Fields

  • : 9781409158387
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • : 0.386
  • : June 2017
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : June 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

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  • : 1
  • : Paperback
  • : Anthony Horowitz