{"product_id":"the-word-is-murder-9780062676788","title":"The Word Is Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMoriarty\u003c\/em\u003e, Anthony Horowitz has yet again brilliantly reinvented the classic crime novel, this time writing a fictional version of himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper - the wealthy mother of a famous actor - enters a funeral parlor. She is there to plan her own service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix hours later she is found dead, strangled with a curtain cord in her own home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric investigator who's as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. Hawthorne needs a ghost writer to document his life; a Watson to his Holmes. He chooses Anthony Horowitz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn in against his will, Horowitz soon finds himself a the center of a story he cannot control. Hawthorne is brusque, temperamental and annoying but even so his latest case with its many twists and turns proves irresistible. The writer and the detective form an unusual partnership. At the same time, it soon becomes clear that Hawthorne is hiding some dark secrets of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful and tricky mystery that springs many surprises, \u003cem\u003eThe Word is Murde\u003c\/em\u003er is Anthony Horowitz at his very best.\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","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631599063314,"sku":"9780062676788","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0bbefb8e-3e73-4cf0-9dc0-9dd0dd0dbd61.jpg?v=1748509389","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-word-is-murder-9780062676788","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}