The Sentence Is Death: A Mystery Novel: 2 (A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery) - Softcover

Horowitz, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062676849 ISBN 13: 9780062676849

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2020

Synopsis

"The author turns up the suspense, the sleuths turn up the clues, and crooks end up dead all while Moriarty's specter hovers. Anything but elementary, this clever thriller is sure to please Sherlock fans." --People

A brilliantly inventive murder mystery by the author of the New York Times bestseller The Word Is Murder.

"You shouldn't be here. It's too late . . . "

These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine--a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise.

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?

Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who's really getting rather good at this murder investigation business.

But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realizes that these secrets must be exposed--even at the risk of death . . .

About this title

About the Author

Anthony Horowitz is one of the UK's most prolific and successful writers, unique in being active in both adult and YA fiction, TV, theater, and journalism. Several of his previous novels were instant New York Times bestsellers. His bestselling Alex Rider series for young adults has sold more than nineteen million copies worldwide and has become a hugely successful show on Amazon Prime Video. His breakthrough murder mysteries, Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders, were adapted into miniseries for PBS. He lives in London and was recently awarded the CBE for services to literature.

From the Back Cover

A brilliantly inventive murder mystery by the author of the New York Times bestselling The Word Is Murder

You shouldn't be here. It's too late. . . .

These, heard over the phone, are the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine--a 1982 Château Lafite worth £2,000, to be precise.

Odd, considering he didn't drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why did the killer paint a three-digit number on the wall? And, most important, which of the man's many, many enemies did the deed?

Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony Horowitz--who's really getting rather good at this murder investigation business.

But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realizes that these secrets must be exposed--even at the risk of death.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062676849
• ISBN 13: 9780062676849
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384