{"product_id":"a-line-to-kill-9780062938152","title":"A Line to Kill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive \u003cem\u003eThe Word Is Murder\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sentence Is Death\u003c\/em\u003e returns with his third literary whodunit featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Horowitz is a master of misdirection, and his brilliant self-portrayal, wittily self-deprecating, carries the reader through a jolly satire on the publishing world.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don't expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation--or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival's other guests--an eccentric gathering that includes a bestselling children's author, a French poet, a TV chef turned cookbook author, a blind psychic, and a war historian--along with a group of ornery locals embroiled in an escalating feud over a disruptive power line. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a local grandee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Hawthorne and Horowitz become embroiled in the case. The island is locked down, no one is allowed on or off, and it soon becomes horribly clear that a murderer lurks in their midst. But who?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth a brilliant satire on the world of books and writers and an immensely enjoyable locked-room mystery, \u003cem\u003eA Line to Kill\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumph--a riddle of a story full of brilliant misdirection, beautifully set-out clues, and diabolically clever denouements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorowitz, Anthony:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Horowitz\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 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 TV. His breakthrough murder mysteries \u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMoonflower Murders\u003c\/em\u003e were adapted into a miniseries for PBS. He lives in London and was recently awarded the CBE for services to literature. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50581694775570,"sku":"9780062938152","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8d8aee98-8f70-48fb-91c6-4b85efc15c07.jpg?v=1752577370","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-line-to-kill-9780062938152","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}