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The Sentence is Death
The Sentence is Death | Anthony Horowitz
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bthegood
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A divorce attorney is murdered Hawthorne is asked to investigate, is it related to a contentious divorce or a caving accident from the past? Hawthorne asks Horowitz to be his sidekick again, so Horowitz can write a second book. The murder mystery was good, it is fun to watch the relationship between H and H develop. Overall a good read.
2/5 #SeriesLove2024

Make a great day everyone 😊

TheSpineView Fabulous 6mo
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lauraisntwilder
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Another Anthony Horowitz audiobook! I liked this better than the first one in the series. The mystery wasn't necessarily better (although it was good), but I think I'm getting used to the self-insertion of the author. I got the first three books on sale from Libro.fm, so I'll be starting the third one soon.

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A lovely latte and a leisurely afternoon read

mcctrish Perfect Monday 9mo
Aims42 A good way to start the week 👍 9mo
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jlhammar
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Another enjoyable Hawthorne & Horowitz mystery. Look forward to listening to book three!

BarbaraBB I want to read more about them too! 9mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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As is becoming standard for this series, though one could argue book two is premature to make the judgement, I don't really feel comfortable recommending this to anyone else, as much I remain entertained. The Watson-type narrator remains a bit of a drip, and the detective-type varies from fondly exasperating to a complete asshole.
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Robotswithpersonality 2/2 The elements of the mystery were a bit predictable, but for whatever reason, it's still the characters that keep me coming back; they are inching closer to a friendship. Yes, I'll be reading the third book. We'll see if Hawthorne finally does something that stops me from reading the next. 🤷🏼‍♂️
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BookishTrish
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I love this series!

KathyWheeler It‘s a great series! 2y
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NatalieR
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The Sentence is Death is the second installment in the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery. Daniel Hawthorne is a private investigator who has author Anthony Horowitz at his side writing a book about Hawthorne‘s current investigation. Nothing like a good old fashion murder mystery in the style of Sherlock Holmes. The two investigate the murder of a very successful divorce attorney for celebrities. 🍷

Full review https://abookandadog.com

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Nebklvr
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Lots of twists and turns. I wish there would have been an epilogue.

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Read4life
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing 📚 2y
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mom2bugnbee
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Anthony Horowitz. Enough said. ☺

⭐⭐⭐/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

rachelm I‘ve been reading a ton of his in the past month! I‘m in such a mood 3y
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EvieBee
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I really enjoyed this audiobook. I love the way Rory Kinnear‘s varying character voices make it seem as if I‘m watching a film. Excited to be caught up on this series. Rory‘s performing on A LINE TO KILL also. Can‘t wait until 10/19!
⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½

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EvieBee
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Happy accidents. Needed a little pick me up for some #audiocleaning and made my coffee in the wrong order. I dig it! Also, I find Horowitz so good on audio! Anyone else? Can‘t wait for book three in this series out in October. #currentlisten

Cathythoughts That coffee looks good 3y
EvieBee @Cathythoughts Thank you, Cathy! 🤗 3y
KathyWheeler I listened to those books as well and loved them on audio. 3y
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EvieBee @KathyWheeler I really like the narrator! 3y
catebutler I‘ve had him on my list for ages, I think I‘ll give him a try on audiobook, since you speak so highly of them! And your coffee ☕️ looks amazing!! 3y
EvieBee @catebutler They are cozy noir. A bit macabre but the setting is always cozy. 😆 3y
Kaarin Agreed! The audio experience is such fun 3y
EvieBee @Kaarin Can‘t wait for book 3! 3y
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AutumnRLS
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I almost quit this several times. The book itself was great, but the voice the narrator chose to give the adversarial police detective was so grating that I could hardly bear it. The character was awful and had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. That combo is lethal (pun intended). I definitely had the urge to throw my phone across the room several times while listening. I recommend you skip the audiobook on this one, and read it on the page.

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Kaarin
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A fun mystery! Listened to the audiobook and it made cleaning and commuting enjoyable. 🥰

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Ericalambbrown
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I actually liked this one better than the one first in the series. Hawthorne was just as insufferable but there were more awful characters that made me root for him a bit. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Now I‘m rather looking forward to book #3 coming out later this year. The resplendent Rory Kinnear narrates this book as he did the first of the series.

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Just finished this for the #tbrdeckofcards challenge (an audiobook). It was pretty good, but spoiled for me by the 2D villain of the piece, a bent cop. It didn‘t help that the narrator was holding the idiot ball on how to deal with it (my dude, you a. Have a phone you can record her threats on, and b. Are a famous kids author, with a good chance that one of her superiors‘ kids is a fan. It‘s not rocket science).

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Jaimelire
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On a freezing cold day, what‘s the best thing to do? Finish my Horowitz novel of course. So far, I have really enjoyed the few novels I have read by this author. This one was no exception, although not my favourite. It was nice to reconnect with eccentric detective Daniel Hawthorne over a cup of hot tea 3.5/5⭐️

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I really enjoyed The Word is Murder - I thought Horowitz‘ gimmick of fictionalizing himself was a fresh take on things. But this one was a bit of a letdown. Maybe I just wasn‘t in the right frame of mind but I was just irritated at both Horowitz and Hawthorne for most of the book. The end did redeem the book, though.

BiblioLitten Brilliant picture! 4y
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Aims42
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Another 5 star Hawthorne read 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I hope there‘s another one in the works 🤞🏼

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Aims42
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A little early morning reading while listening to the birds and crickets 🥰 #helloweekend #freeairconditioning

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Mitch
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This is why this is the best place in the social universe. Feeling full of #litsylove today 🙏

squirrelbrain I love Daunts 💕 4y
LeeRHarry Such a fab bookshop! 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love our Litsy family ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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Mrs_B
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It‘s taken me days to read the first half, but i finished the second half in one go. Really enjoyed this murder mystery, very well written and had good fun guessing how all the clues were going to work out.
This is the first of Horowitz‘s adult books I‘ve read and I look forward to reading another.

Crazeedi I enjoyed this one! 4y
kspenmoll I have not read this one of his & enjoy his books. By the way, welcome to #Litsylove! 💜💙❤️ 4y
Mrs_B Thank you @kspenmoll I‘m really excited to have joined. :) I can recommend this book - it‘s a bit odd being written from the perspective of Anthony Horowitz but a good story. 4y
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Mrs_B
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This book is jinxed. Every time I pick it up something happens and I have to put it down again. I am determined not to move for the next 30 minutes. I have wine, I have cake and I will get this chapter finished!!!

Christine Your cake looks delicious! 🍰 4y
Mrs_B @Christine thank you! My neighbour made it - it tasted so good, she makes amazing cake! 4y
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Karkar
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Started this one on audio today and still working their Eye of the world. Just have not been in the mood to read much this last few weeks.

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JoyBlue
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I'm not sleeping well (I'm never a *great* sleeper, but it's worse now with worry over the world—including my EMT younger son), so I'm having a hard time concentrating on anything. Maybe if I had read this at a more normal time, I'd like it even more. At this time, I'd rate this a 3+/4- (out of 5).

It's a pretty good mystery—multiple murders and multiple suspects. The narrator was annoying to me. I haven't decided about author-as-character.

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raeintheworld
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I liked this one! It was less gruesome than the first (The Word is Murder) and a bit sadder. I‘m not crazy about the narrator—he does a good Hawthorn but makes Anthony suuuuuper whiny. A good follow-up! I‘m looking forward to the next one.

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Jen2
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Pretty good.

Ubookquitous Looking forward to reading this one. I‘ve enjoyed His Sherlock books and 5y
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The Sentence is Death is my new walking book. I really liked The Word is Murder, and, so far, I‘m enjoying this one too. It was a beautiful day today after three days of rain. #audiowalk

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Thank you, @Eggs , for the tag! 😁❤️

1. An unusual choice for a LOL book, but I appreciate dark and sarcastic humor, and this book has it! I love Horowitz‘s books, so I highly recommend them.
2. I was born to be the first best one in ever
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3. Winter sports! Though, my favorite sport is baseball...
4. So many wonderful Littens - you‘re all incredibly generous and supportive! I ❤️ Litsy!

#FriYAYIntro

Crazeedi Oh yes I totally enjoyed this book too, and I did laugh reading parts of it! 5y
Librarybelle @Crazeedi Glad you enjoyed it too! 5y
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Nitpickyabouttrains
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This was the second in a series, in which I had not read the first. But it was good and they covered what I needed from the first. Very meta (the main character is the author?) but a good mystery.

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Hidie
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Accidentally read the second book of a series...oh well....

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rebbyj
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I love these novels. Flat out mind bending

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Librarybelle
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Horowitz is one of those authors I constantly praise and try to convince more people to read. In his second book featuring himself as Watson to the cantankerous detective Hawthorne, Hawthorne and Horowitz investigate a murder with clues that somewhat play homage to Holmes. It‘s so good and clever! I‘m using this for the #FavoriteAuthor prompt for #GrowUp #BBRC . Horowitz is truly one of my contemporary favorites.

Jumping into #24B42020 as well.

LiteraryinPA I agree! He is an auto-read author for me. 5y
ljuliel I‘ve purchased 2 of his on audio but not yet tried them. I don‘t even know which ones they are. Sounds like I‘ll have to give them a shot. Magpie Murders. The Word is Murder. Just looked them up. (edited) 5y
Andrew65 I‘d agree I like his books. Thought The House of Silk was great. I need to read this one, only rea£ the first book so far. 5y
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Andrew65 @ljuliel I need. To read Magpie Murders, I enjoyed The Word is Murder, quite different. 5y
ljuliel @Andrew65 @LiteraryinLititz @Librarybelle I need to look them up to see if they‘re all in a series and which numbers I have. As I said previously in another post, I have tended to go a bit off the grid with Audible. If I have credits , I spend them , sometimes on books that I know little about. (edited) 5y
Andrew65 @ljuliel Can sometimes be the best way, you never know what treasures you may find. I tend to do that with library audiobooks. 5y
Librarybelle @ljuliel The Word Is Murder is the first in this series. Magpie Murders is a stand-alone mystery - a book within a book; quite clever! The House of Silk is one of his books featuring Sherlock Holmes - he was authorized by the Conan Doyle family to continue the Holmes tales. He has others, including another Holmes book and I think one featuring James Bond. I‘ve loved what I‘ve read by him! 5y
Librarybelle @LiteraryinLititz @Andrew65 I find his books not featuring other well known literary characters to be so different, so unique. I did like The House of Silk too! 5y
MamaGina I enjoy his books, especially liked 5y
Andrew65 @Librarybelle I enjoyed the James Bond book, not yet read 5y
Andrew65 @MamaGina Good to hear re Moriarty. 5y
Librarybelle @MamaGina @Andrew65 I‘ve yet to read Moriarty, and I haven‘t read his James Bond book yet, either. Good to know they are just as good! 5y
Andrew65 @Librarybelle I think unique sums it up well! 👍 5y
LiteraryinPA @ljuliel Magpie Murders was a stand-alone book. It was also my favorite of the 3 I‘ve read! So I recommend starting there. The Word Is Murder was the first book starring the author as a character to help solve mysteries. The Sentence is Death is a sequel to that. This author has a lot of different series with about 2-3 books in each, rather than one focal series with like 15 books like a Louise Penny. 5y
melbeautyandbooks Love his books! 5y
Librarybelle @melbeautyandbooks 😁❤️❤️❤️ 5y
LibrarianRyan yeahhh 5y
kspenmoll Great review! Listened to The Word is Murder on audio. & enjoyed it. Have to get to #3. 5y
ljuliel Wow ! Take a break to go get groceries, and look at all the posts about these books ! @Librarybelle I think you picked some good ones. They sound very popular ! 5y
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“This was a woman who didn‘t just go to bed with a book. She went to bed with a library.”

Is it wrong how this accurately describes my reading habits?? 😂

LeahBergen I was going to say, “ What‘s wrong with that?” 😆😆 5y
ljuliel Funny ! 5y
Librarybelle @LeahBergen @ljuliel I just love finding quotations that really speak to me. And, I have a feeling this one fits so many Littens perfectly! 5y
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CoverToCoverGirl I get this.. one wall in my bedroom from floor to ceiling is a library, so I sleep beside nearly 1000 books every night. It‘s heavenly! 📖 5y
Librarybelle @CoverToCoverGirl That sounds wonderful! ❤️ 5y
kspenmoll @CoverToCoverGirl How wonderfully cozy! Surrounded by your books! I am sharing this quote with my husband as We both have stacks on our bed side tables but I also have 4-6 in bed with me!!!! (edited) 5y
Librarybelle @kspenmoll @CoverToCoverGirl I love the idea of books surrounding oneself! 5y
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I didn‘t enjoy this one as much as Magpie Murders and I didn‘t love The Word is Murder. It gets a little unnecessarily slow in parts and I‘m still not 100% sold on the author as character theme. Maybe I‘m just not invested in the characters? I don‘t know. If the Hawthorne series continues to follow the established pattern, it might become too predictable or gimmicky, especially with the twists at the end. I doubt I‘ll continue on.

Aims42 I‘m halfway thru ‘Magpie Murders‘ and I‘m really enjoying it!!! Thank you for your review on his other works I was curious about them 👍🏻 5y
Tamra @Aims42 I did like Magpie Murders! 👍🏾 5y
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Audio baking - pumpkin donut holes for the kids. I don‘t have much of a sweet tooth, so the sugar coating they are rolled in is over the top!

The blurring of reality and fiction in this series is an interesting note. He references books & writing. I don‘t read many novels where the author is a character.

Leftcoastzen Yummy 😋 5y
Cathythoughts I love sugar !! Would love one 👍🏻❤️ 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts I will try to toss you a few. 😆 5y
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Tamra @Leftcoastzen I think they‘ll like them. I tried one and that is definitely enough! 5y
veritysalter I recently finished this book and loved it. A very unusual concept, but I think he pulls it off. 5y
youneverarrived These look amazing 😋 5y
vumblereads Those look so good!! 5y
throwmeabook Reading book #1 and loving it! The concept is definitely unique and I keep having to stop and google all his book and TV references. 5y
TheSpineView Looks yummy! I wish I didn't have a sweet tooth! 💜 5y
hes7 Yum! 😋 5y
batsy I'm having a cup of coffee right now & wish I could have one of those! ☺️ 5y
readordierachel Those look amazing! 5y
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Book two in the Hawthorne Series; Anthony Horowitz resumes his role as ‘Watson‘ to Hawthornes ‘Holmes‘ - who could have bludgeoned the rich divorce lawyer, Richard Pryce, with a £400 bottle of wine? Will Anthony ever publish his books about Hawthorne and will Hawthorne ever stop calling him Tony?

Lucy_Anywhere Stacked! I really enjoyed the first one 5y
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Librarybelle
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Spending Halloween night getting sucked into this story. I absolutely love Horowitz‘s writing, and he‘s an author I recommend as nauseam to people. This is the second of his series featuring Detective Hawthorne, an extremely politically incorrect former police detective whose wit is sometimes so dark and cynical I have to laugh out loud.

Mandoul I enjoyed Moriarty, so will need to check this out. Thanks 😀 5y
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This is another great murder mystery by Anthony (Don‘t-call-me-Tony) Horowitz. I am a big fan of the Daniel Hawthorne series. I look forward to the next one...There WILL be a next one, right, Tony???

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So excited to get this from the library already.

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Blaire
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Another fun twist on the mystery genre from Horowitz. I really liked the word is murder and enjoyed this sequel as well. Horowitz himself is a character in the story playing Watson to Hawthorne‘s Sherlock. This time Hawthorne must solve the murder of a high-powered divorce attorney. Perfect for an airplane read.

Readswithcoffee I didn‘t know there was a sequel. Added to my TBR list. 5y
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It‘s been a few weeks and I still haven‘t finished this one. It‘s not because it‘s not good — it is— but more because I‘ve been so busy with work that I haven‘t even been posting much! And then there‘s the fact I‘ve been 🥴🤧😷 this week too...

Lovesbooks87 Hope you feel better soon! 5y
LA_Mead Feel better soon! 5y
Amor4Libros Feel better soon! 5y
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Soubhiville No fun! I hope you‘re on the mend. 5y
cobwebmoth Hope you're feeling better soon. 5y
Nikkionlyreads Get well soon dear 5y
KathyWheeler I always think the only benefit to me being sick is that at least I can just stay in bed and read. That never turns out to be true; instead, I mostly sleep. I hope you‘re feeling better. 5y
veritysalter Hope you‘re feeling better soon; I have this on my TBR, looking forward to starting it, I love Anthony Horowitz‘s writing. 5y
Avanders Ish — hope you feel better soon! 🤧🤒🤗♥️ 5y
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KatieDid927 Veronica! 5y
MrBook Ooh, I can‘t wait to get to this book! 5y
WanderingBookaneer @MrBook : It‘s so good! 5y
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TNbookworm Love Veronica Mars! 5y
jmtrivera I too was watching Veronica Mars this week. 😊😊 5y
bookstoregoblin Love Veronica Mars! I started it for the first time last week! 5y
AvidReader25 I‘m rewatching VM right now too! 5y
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As the second book in the series, I expected to learn more about the ideosyncrasies of Hawthorne. Why he is the way he is, instead I was left with more questions and frustrated at the lack if character devolopment of one of the two main characters that carried over from The Word Was Murder. Anyway, at this point, I don't know that I'll even seek out the third one. Bummer.

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MaggieCarr
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Audio-ride... I promise that is what I was listening to, not how the ride felt LOL

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LiteraryinPA
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I love Anthony Horowitz! At this point I know I‘m going to like whatever mystery he writes, and this was no exception. Like The Word Is Murder, this book featured the author himself as a sidekick character to an ex-detective out to solve a murder. He plays around with this role as the facts about himself, his other projects, his family members, etc are true but the crime is (presumably) completely fictional. This is a clever and enjoyable book!

GloVerdino I just got The Magpie Murders and I can‘t wait to read it! I‘ve heard only good things! 5y
LiteraryinPA @GloVerdino I think Magpie Murders might be my favorite. 💜 Hope you love it! 5y
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I love the two main characters.
I loved this book.
I love this series.

To be honest, I thought about giving this one four stars because I wasn‘t a fan of the letter at the end, but the rest of it was so good, I decided to overlook that unnecessary coda.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

readinginthedark I'm intrigued! 5y
starlight97 Isn't this a quote by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? 🤔 5y
WanderingBookaneer @starlight97 : The book delves into Sherlock Holmes territory. 5y
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I‘m enjoying this Hawthorne series. This wasn‘t quite as entertaining as the first one, but it‘s a fun mystery and I‘d be happy to see another installment come along.

AvidReader25 I really enjoyed the first, but didn‘t realize there‘s a sequel! 5y
auntie_jenn just picked this up. i enjoyed the first two! 5y
auntie_jenn @Avidreader25 not a series, but all the books have a literary theme, which is a departure from his previous books. 5y
AvidReader25 @auntie_jenn good to know! 5y
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