Magpie Murders
Magpie Murders, Book 1
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Seslendiren:
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Allan Corduner
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Samantha Bond
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Anthony Horowitz
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
I know Anthony Horowitz from all his teen books and was not sure what to expect from this.
The story was excellent and I kept up with the twists and turns but a no point did I guess......
The double story line is very good and I could easily be converted to this type of story if there are more like this.
Allan and Samantha as narrators were excellent!
5 stars all round.
Who? How? Where & Why?
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I thoroughly enjoyed the first half of this book in which we hear the "fictional" story of Magpie Murders, written in the style of the Golden Age detective story and reminiscent of the better Hercule Poirot stories. Frustratingly the final chapter(s) are missing and the second half deals with the attempts of Susan Ryland, the publisher, to find out what happened to these. Sadly this part of the book is very long drawn out, and a bit tedious with quite a lot of repetition and Ms Ryland is not all that interesting a character. Some tough editing would have improved this book immensely. If allowed I would give part 1 4* and part 2 2*.A book of two halves
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To Susan’s dismay the last chapters of Magpie Murders, that contain the denouement, are missing from the manuscript and are nowhere to be found. To add to this disaster, the author has apparently killed himself just after delivering the manuscript. The search for the missing pages and the reason for the author’s death create the second story set in recent times. The modern story is much more engaging than the old-fashioned Conway novel. I think this was the intention of Anthony Horowitz, for embedded in the modern story there are allusions to styles of writing and also what kinds of books are highly rated by critics, but not necessarily by readers. The fictitious author feels detective fiction isn’t ‘real’ writing, despises his Atticus Pund novels and longs for recognition as a serious writer. Extracts from Conway’s attempt to write a profound analysis of society are used to illustrate bad, pretentious prose.
By the end of of the present book I thought it was altogether a very clever construction and that the two stories worked well together. If you’re afficionado of Agatha Christie you’ll chuckle at the references to her characters and books buried in Magpie Murders. Both stories have clues to the denouements and as usual I didn’t guess the outcomes!
Both narrators are excellent
Turns into two intriguing whodunnits
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What did you like most about Magpie Murders?
The storylines interweave in a really inaginative way - I listened to the book over two days because I really wanted to find out how they would resolve.What was one of the most memorable moments of Magpie Murders?
I cannot say without giving away a crucial passage of the story.Which character – as performed by Allan Corduner and Samantha Bond – was your favourite?
I really enjoyed the reading by both narrators, but could not pick out a favourite character.If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Who knows what will unravel when you pick at a single thread . . .Any additional comments?
I love Anthony Horowitz's writing - the plots, the language - draws me in every time.LOVE this book
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It seems to me that the better the book the more they need me to take out the earphones! I loved this book and heartily recommend it. I had to communicate with the family in real life a lot!
It is a book within a book, each one read by a different narrator, both of whom are excellent. The story line is excellent and hooks the reader/ listener right from the first chapter.
Now back to family life!
I love my family but....
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