A Deadly Episode

The unputdownable new murder mystery in the Sunday Times bestselling detective series, from the award-winning author of Magpie Murders and Close to Death.<BR><BR>'Easily the greatest of our crime writers' Sunday Times<BR><BR>'Nobody does this crime fiction better than Anthony Horowitz' Crime Time FM<BR><BR>'An absolutely wonderful writer' Richard Osman<BR><BR>____________<BR><BR><BR>How do you investigate your own murder...? <BR><BR>The good news is that The Word is Murder, the first book in the Hawthorne series, is being turned into a major feature film.<BR><BR>The bad news is that the director is pretentious, the two stars hate each other, and the producer has run out of money.<BR><BR>And things are about to get much worse.<BR><BR>In the middle of shooting, the actor playing Hawthorne is stabbed - which leaves the real Hawthorne with no choice. He has to step in and investigate his own murder.<BR><BR>Because the killer may not have got the right man. Was it Hawthorne himself who was meant to be the target?<BR><BR>A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, A Deadly Episode is an intriguing page-turner that once again demonstrates why Anthony Horowitz is the reigning king of the modern whodunit.<BR><BR>____________<BR><BR><BR>Praise for A Deadly Episode . . .<BR><BR>'Five-star entertainment' The Times<BR><BR>'Clever and playful, this is meta-mystery at its best.' iPaper<BR><BR>'Another winner' Financial Times<BR><BR>'Perfect for Agatha Christie fans' Hello!<BR><BR>'A brilliant writer' Sunday Independent<BR><BR>'Delightful' Wall Street Journal<BR><BR>'Full of humour, twists and red herrings' 5-star reader review<BR><BR>'A pacy and entertaining mystery that I loved from start to finish' 5-star reader review<BR><BR>'A rollercoaster of red herrings' 5-star reader review<BR><BR>'Exceedingly brilliant' 5-star reader review<BR><BR>'The perfect whodunnit' 5-star reader review