The Word Is Murder

A Novel

De: Anthony Horowitz

Narrado por: Rory Kinnear

Duración: 9 h y 2 m

Resumen del Editor

The New York Times best-selling author of Magpie Murders and Moriarty brilliantly reinvents the classic crime novel once again with this clever and inventive mystery starring a fictional version of the author himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes, investigating a case involving buried secrets, murder, and a trail of bloody clues.

A woman crosses a London street.

It is just after 11 a.m. on a bright spring morning, and she is going into a funeral parlor to plan her own service.

Six hours later the woman is dead, strangled with a crimson curtain cord in her own home.

Enter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric man as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. And Hawthorne has a partner, the celebrated novelist Anthony Horowitz, curious about the case and looking for new material.

As brusque, impatient, and annoying as Hawthorne can be, Horowitz - a seasoned hand when it comes to crime stories - suspects the detective may be on to something, and is irresistibly drawn into the mystery. But as the case unfolds, Horowitz realizes he’s at the center of a story he can’t control...and that his brilliant partner may be hiding dark and mysterious secrets of his own.

A masterful and tricky mystery which plays games at many levels, The Word Is Murder is Anthony Horowitz at his very best.

©2018 Anthony Horowitz (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

So Good

Broke my rule of only reading women writers!
Liking the work that Horowitz has done and on the recommendation of someone in my Louise Penny FB group we listened to this on a road trip. Excellent read!

Loved it!

I wasn't familiar with Anthony Horowitz, but he was recommended by several reviewers of other whodoneits I had liked. First Horowitz book I listened to was Magpie Murders which I loved, and now have equally enjoyed The Word is Murder. Very clever mystery and well developed characters. Rory Kinnear excellent narrator, nailed crusty Hawthorne. Hope this is a first in series pairing Horowitz and Hawthorne. Well done!

Well crafted and binge worthy

Enjoyable read with all the elements of a classic mystery and very well written. Narrator added value making it even more compelling. Found myself getting up earlier in the morning to squeeze in a bit more of the book before work. Highly recommended.

What an unexpected surprise!

I'm not a mystery novel reader, but I wanted to try something new. I randomly picked this up and couldn't put it down. What a great book... a Sherlock Holmes-style who-dunnit with modern (and very real) characters. Such an original and neat novel. I give it an A+

Unusual Worthy Words

Loved it. However, I feel totally inadequate to describe how I feel about the book after Mr. Horowitz's very commendable use of his words in his novel. He twists them hither and yon keeping us guessing about
the murderers' identity until we just throw up our hands and enjoy his spectacular weaving of these words. He draws it to a surprising, spectacular close of his which I will in no way give you a hint. You must read this book and find out for yourself. Happy mystery.

Yo super good book.

Beautifully written. A Solid engineering of characters and scenery. Dope voice actor murdered it yo!

A good surprise

At first I thought I had made a mistake and was doing to return it. But I had so enjoyed Magpie Murders that I kept going and am so glad I did! Story and performance are great. Once I got past the first or second chapter I was hooked.

Interesting Premise, Good Narration

I found this to be an enjoyable listen, though not quite what I expected. I was anticipating a "typical" British detective story, but this was more a story about the author writing a book about a "real" detective, using real information from the author's life as well as fiction about the detective and the story. It kept a god pace, the narration was good, and while the ending was summarized "Agatha Christie style," with the detective explaining the whole of it, I was not disappointed.

Smart and enjoyable

Loved Magpie Murders and so started this series. Another clever structure weaving Anthony’s life into the mystery. Found myself enjoying the clues and coming to relevant but not thorough conclusions about the crime. I’m a big fan of his television work so those details were fun. Great performance.

Clever man!

Anthony Horowitz has written an original story - clever plot, bits of humor. He is not one of those writers that just plods along cranking out formulaic works. Bravo.