Anthony Horowitz The Sentence Is Death 2019 Arrow Books 2019

Synopsis

<p><b>Pre-order the next thrilling Hawthorne mystery CLOSE TO DEATH - coming soon! <p>Passion, deception, an unexplained death and a detective with quite a lot to hide lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne. <p>'EASILY THE GREATEST OF OUR CRIME WRITERS' </b><i>Sunday Times</i><br><b>'My favourite literary hero at the moment is Anthony Horowitz' </b>Shari Lapena<br><b>'Sheer genius ... A joy from start to finish' </b><i>INDEPENDENT</i><br>_____________________ <p><b>Secrets can kill.</b> <p>Smooth-tongued divorce lawyer Richard Price is bludgeoned to death at his London home. <p>Scrawled on the wall beside the body: the number 182. <p>What does it mean? And who was at his front door just minutes before he died and while he was still talking on the phone? <p><b>Confronted with this most baffling of mysteries, the police are forced to turn to private investigator Daniel Hawthorne.</b><br>_____________________ <p><b>'Pure pleasure for readers ... A must-read delight' </b><i>WALL STREET JOURNAL</i><br><b>'Anthony Horowitz gets away with murder in all sorts of ways and emerges triumphant' </b><i>The Times</i><br><b>'This is crime fiction as dazzling entertainment, sustained by writing as skilfully light-footed as Fred Astaire'</b> <i>Sunday Times Crime Club</i><br><b>'A crime story that keeps you up into the small hours... a page-turning mystery' </b><i>Metro</i><br><b>'Sheer genius ... A joy from start to finish' </b><i>Independent</i><br><b>'Fans of traditional puzzle mysteries will be enthralled' </b><i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><b>'Huge fun... It's hard to know why anyone who loves a good mystery wouldn't thoroughly enjoy the ride' </b><i>Irish Independent</i><br><b>'Succeeds on all levels ... Horowitz has the Midas touch' </b><i>Booklist</i><br><b>'No one currently working the field has anywhere near this much ingenuity to burn' </b><i>KIRKUS</i></p>