Close to death

Anthony Horowitz

£22.00

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Richmond Upon Thames is one of the most desirable areas to live in London. And Riverview Close – a quiet, gated community – seems to offer its inhabitants the perfect life. At least it does until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife and noisy children, his four gas-guzzling cars, his loud parties and his plans for a new swimming pool in his garden. His neighbours all have a reason to hate him and are soon up in arms. When Kenworthy is shot dead with a crossbow bolt through his neck, all of them come under suspicion and his murder opens the door to lies, deception and further death. The police are baffled. Reluctantly, they call in former Detective Daniel Hawthorne. But even he is faced with a seemingly impossible puzzle. How do you solve a murder when everyone has the same motive?

ISBN: 9781529904239 Category:

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AVAILABLE ONLY WHILE STOCKS LAST – THE SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION: features a gold foiled design underneath the dust jacket and is exclusive to the first print run in the UK only

How do you solve a murder… when everyone has the same motive? From global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.

‘Easily the greatest of our crime writersSunday Times
‘Incredible plotting, richly layered and wonderfully intricate. I inhaled it’ Liz Nugent
‘A clever murder mystery?playful and twisty. Nobody does this crime fiction better than Anthony Horowitz’ Crime Time FM
Sheer genius ? A joy from start to finish’ Independent
An absolutely engrossing tale … Kudos to anyone who can figure this one out!’ Starred Booklist
‘Another delightful outing with Hawthorne and Horowitz. Each one is more inventive than the last. Keep them coming!’ Shari Lapena
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Richmond Upon Thames is one of the most desirable areas to live in London. And Riverview Close – a quiet, gated community – seems to offer its inhabitants the perfect life.

At least it does until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife and noisy children, his four gas-guzzling cars, his loud parties and his plans for a new swimming pool in his garden.

His neighbours all have a reason to hate him and are soon up in arms.

When Kenworthy is shot dead with a crossbow bolt through his neck, all of them come under suspicion and his murder opens the door to lies, deception and further death.

The police are baffled. Reluctantly, they call in former Detective Daniel Hawthorne. But even he is faced with a seemingly impossible puzzle.

How do you solve a murder when everyone has the same motive?
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More love for Close to Death . . .

Gloriously artificial, improbable, and ingenious. Fans of both versions of Horowitz will rejoice.’ Kirkus Reviews
‘Turns the closed-circle mystery inside out’ New York Journal of Books
‘The master of the mysteryStyle
‘The king of the clever whodunnit’ Good Housekeeping
‘A delirious concoction that transplants a Christie-style mystery into the presentCrime Time

Additional information

Weight 0.659 kg
Dimensions 24 × 16.5 × 3.8 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

419

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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