Magpie Murders: A British Cozy Mystery

by Anthony Horowitz

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She's worked with the revered crime writer for years and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. As Susan knows only too well, vintage crime sells handsomely. It's just a shame that it means dealing with an author like Alan Conway...

But Conway's latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript there lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder.

From Sunday Times bestseller Anthony Horowitz comes Magpie Murders, his deliciously dark take on the vintage crime novel, brought bang- up-to-date with a fiendish modern twist.

Read by Samantha Bond and Allan Corduner

(p) 2016 Orion Publishing Group

• ISBN10: 0062645234
• ISBN13: 9780062645234
• Publish Date: 27 March 2018 (first published 18 October 2006)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 512
• Language: English

Reviews

[lisacee]

This was an interesting book, a mystery within a mystery, but it just kept going. There were multiple times that I thought they could wrap the story up. By the end, I wasn't enjoying the book - by that point I just had to finish it.

On the plus side, I didn't guess whodunnit.

[Beth C.]

I'm not usually much of a "whodunnit" sort, though I do occasionally find something that I find interesting. This one certainly fit the bill - a mystery within a mystery. And honestly, if Horowitz decided to create a series based upon the detective in the book within the book, I would quite happily read it.

I'm glad I took a chance on reading this one - I'm afraid I've neglected far too many of things I should have been doing today in order to read, but...I can't say I'm too upset about it ;)