The Twist of a Knife: A gripping locked-room mystery from the bestselling crime writer (Hawthorne Book 4)

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Hawthorne has pulled a switcheroo and he's only gotten his little friend to clog the computer system because the DNA results (or whatever) will actually CLEAR Anthony. Saw "Star Wars" Twenty-Seven Times: How Maureen Bates met Ahmet and eventually went to work for him: he was doing the booking for Cats and found out that Maureen had seen the show a hundred times.

The most richly accomplished of the brothers’ pairings to date—and given Connelly’s high standards, that’s saying a lot. Horowitz is very nervous on 'Mindgame's' opening night. However the production seems to go well, and Anthony makes his way to the after-party at a Turkish restaurant.Because while I didn't think this was quite as good as the last book, Hawthorne and Horowitz are firmly comfort-read characters for me at this point, and I can't see myself giving up this series. This is the fourth book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series by author Anthony Horowitz. This is a very entertaining series and is slightly different from a lot of crime novels in that the author is one of the characters. In the series author Anthony Horowitz writes crime investigations that involve ex detective Daniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne is a very private person and a difficult person to get to know along with, which makes life difficult for Horowitz. It's also, at times, very funny. The many pretensions and flaws of the characters are well-observed and there is nobody who can take down an ego like Hawthorne, who does so with such an matter-of-fact ease of manner that it's often unclear whether he's even doing it on purpose. As always, Horowitz is remarkably willing to present his own character as very much the Watson to Hawthorne's Holmes, always one step behind in the murder investigation.

I really enjoy this series but this one took me a little longer to get into than usual. Eventually I was hooked and once again singing the author’s praises.Anthony Horowitz has done it again.... and I am so happy to say I loved it. His new book is a wonderfully done mystery that had me believing that every one of the characters had murdered the odious critic, Harriet Throsby. ( I will admit I thought that Horowitz might have been the culprit) However, as it seems that Anthony was knee deep in this murder, the other actors and stage manager all had multiple reasons for doing away with Harriet. The play is not enjoyed by the critics. In particular, Sunday Times critic Harriet Throsby gives it a savage review, focusing particularly on the writing. The next day, Throsby is stabbed in the heart with an ornamental dagger which, it turns out, belongs to Anthony, and which has his fingerprints all over it. Perhaps a big reason I found myself so let down was, in the fact, that I had such high expectations because of who wrote it. If I had gone in blind without this book being up on a pedestal in my head, I most likely would have enjoyed it more. Because the entire plot line follows the well-trod ground of many classic murder mysteries: a round-robin of interviews with potential suspects concluding with a dramatic dénouement with all of said suspects gathered together for the reveal. A particularly well-loved style by the renowned Agatha Christie. As the story opens, Horowitz is telling Hawthorne, "The answer's no. Our deal is over." Horowitz had followed Hawthorne on three investigations and written three books, and he wanted to move on. Moreover, Horowitz points out, "I can't write another book about you. You're not working on any new cases." But that's about to change.