The Word Is Murder
2017 • 400 pages

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Thought this dragged a bit. Though the intent is to make Hawthorne a Sherlock-type character, he's just not interesting enough.

June 20, 2018
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May 26, 2019
July 9, 2023

This is such an entertaining book, largely because the author is so clever. Horowitz incorporates himself into the book as a character, a bold move, because he has to walk a tightrope all though the book as he mixes real people and events into his fictional stew. Highly recommended.

December 26, 2020

This is an odd book - the author is a main character and there are several real people in it. I'm not sure what is accomplished by this. The mystery is OK but nothing spectacular.

February 28, 2019

Another nice twist to the genre. I might need to read Paul Auster's New York trilogy but there are few whodunnits that so actively blend the author into the tale. Very well executed, blending of fact and fiction.

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March 16, 2024

Horowitz kept me guessing till the very end of the book! Looking forward to the next in the series.

December 12, 2018
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February 16, 2019
September 14, 2017

I need to just admit that I don't enjoy detective mysteries. I try one or two every year, and they always end up being a slog. I'm sure it's well-written. Just not for me.

November 17, 2019

So wonderfully meta.

December 8, 2020
Gio
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This is the second book I read from Anthony Horowitz and I'm officially addicted. The guy can write! He has such clear and compelling prose and a very ironic and grippy way of mixing different storylines, reality and fiction that, in my mind, he is the Kurt Vonnegut of British Murder Mysteries.

May 6, 2022