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Magpie Murders

Magpie Murders, Book 1

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The first Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland mystery from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, and inspiration for the major hit BBC series MAGPIE MURDERS.

Editor Susan Ryland has worked with bestselling crime writer Alan Conway for years. Readers love his detective, Atticus Pünd, a celebrated solver of crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s.

But Conway's latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder.

From the creator of Midsomer Murders comes a fiendish mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

Praise for Magpie Murders - the gripping Sunday Times bestselling crime thriller:

'Ingenious' Sunday Times
'Thrilling and compelling with a stunning twist' Daily Mail
'A stylish thriller' Sunday Mirror
'A cunning reinvention of the thriller' Mail on Sunday

©2016 Anthony Horowitz (P)2016 Orion Publishing Group Amateur Sleuths Cosy Crime Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Funny Witty Murder
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I really liked the book within a book device. Horowitz always keeps me interested and I was dying to know who dunnit in both cases!

Loved it!

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Really enjoyed this, both respectful and playful with the traditional whodunit, excellent reading, surprising and entertaining, recommended, most highly.

Surprisingly original with its traditional premise

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An over-complicated, unnecessarily wordy, clunky who-dunnit. My first experience of Anthony Horowitz which will almost certainly be my last! I love Samantha Bond’s very distinctive voice however. Allan Corduner less so.

Disappointing...

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A tour de force from Anthony Horowitz! 2 stories for the price of one with convincing characters, Byzantine unfolding of the stories and a behind the scenes look at the publishing world .

Tour de force

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Another masterpiece from an excellent writer. A thoroughly enjoyable page turner.
Couldn't stop listening. Well narrated and expertly performed

An page turning whodunit

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