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The Sentence is Death: A mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling author of THE WORD IS MURDER

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When he is found murdered, the police confront the most baffling of mysteries: who was the visitor who came to Pryce's house moments before he died, arriving while he was still talking on the phone? countries which have death penalty laws but haven't executed anyone for at least 10 years, and a policy or more formal commitment not to execute hired to write the script for a follow-up film based on the Belgian comic The Adventures of Tintin, so has the

creating a five-part legal drama for ITV called Injustice (fact), Horowitz was in need of a police consultant toAfter his work on the writer’s TV series, the detective asked the writer if he would be interested in writing a book about him, splitting the profits 50-50. Author Avatar: Anthony Horowitz once again, appearing in the story as The Watson, chronicling the exploits of Daniel Hawthorne. This is crime fiction as dazzling entertainment, sustained by writing as skilfully light-footed as Fred Astaire' Sunday Times Crime Club

The narrator explained that he met former Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne when the detective was hired as a consultant for a television series he was writing. Daniel Hawthorne had once worked for Scotland Yard, but he was let go when a suspect in a child pornography case fell down a flight of concrete stairs. The detective had been standing behind the suspect at the time. Politically Incorrect Hero: Hawthorne again, as his homophobia from the first book gets an additional dose of bigotry when he refers to Stephen Spencer's Iranian boyfriend as "Ali Baba". Once again this nearly causes Anthony to abandon the book project. A suspenseful, professional-grade north country procedural whose heroine, a deft mix of compassion and attitude, would be welcome to return and tie up the gaping loose end Box leaves. The unrelenting cold makes this the perfect beach read. The Dog Was the Mastermind: The killer is Colin, Davina Richardson's teenage son, who the reader has been given no reason to suspect until he is exposed.Odd, considering he didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed? Follow That Car: A mysterious man jumps in a taxi. Anthony gives chase, diving into another cab and yelling at the driver to "Follow that taxi!" Anthony then cringes, realizing what a cliche that line is. The great detective had his dark side but there was never any doubt about his loyalty to Watson. Hawthorne appears to value Horowitz as little more than a means to raise his profile. on earth have you been doing?” his wife asks him at the end of The Word is Murder. “You could have been This fictional Horowitz and the real-life Horowitz overlap almost completely, except fictional Anthony doesn’t have a clue who murdered the lawyer. When presented with five suspects, he manages to narrow it down to six. But his presence turns a regulation mystery into something smart and knowing.

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