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The word is murder : a novel / Anthony Horowitz.
When a wealthy woman is found murdered after planning her own funeral service, disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, investigate.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062676788
- ISBN: 0062676784
- Physical Description: 390 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. "Originally published in Great Britain in 2017 by Penguin Random House UK." |
| Target Audience Note: | 740L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 15 502320. |
| Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.) |
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| Subject: | Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Private investigators > Fiction. London (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. |
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Available copies
- 45 of 48 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Albany Carnegie.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 48 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Carnegie Public Library | FIC HOR HAWTHORNE HOROWITZ-1 (Text) | 35615010057952 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
The Word Is Murder : A Novel
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The Word Is Murder : A Novel
SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER? New York Times bestselling author of Magpie Murders and Moriarty, Anthony Horowitz has yet again brilliantly reinvented the classic crime novel, this time writing a fictional version of himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes. One bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper - the wealthy mother of a famous actor - enters a funeral parlor. She is there to plan her own service. Six hours later she is found dead, strangled with a curtain cord in her own home. Enter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric investigator who's as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. Hawthorne needs a ghost writer to document his life; a Watson to his Holmes. He chooses Anthony Horowitz. Drawn in against his will, Horowitz soon finds himself a the center of a story he cannot control. Hawthorne is brusque, temperamental and annoying but even so his latest case with its many twists and turns proves irresistible. The writer and the detective form an unusual partnership. At the same time, it soon becomes clear that Hawthorne is hiding some dark secrets of his own. A masterful and tricky mystery that springs many surprises, The Word is Murder is Anthony Horowitz at his very best.
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