Hawthorne & Horowitz · Book 6

A Deadly Episode

Published
23 April 2026
Pages
265
ISBN-13
9780063305748
Type
novel
Cover of A Deadly Episode

About this book

A Deadly Episode, published April 23, 2026, is the shortest book in the series at 265 pages, its sixth and most recent installment, continuing Anthony Horowitz's metafictional pairing of himself as narrator with detective Hawthorne.

Key facts about A Deadly Episode

Anthony Horowitz wrote A Deadly Episode, a novel on our list. It has been out since 23 April 2026. The book has 265 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780063305748 to find the main one.

A Deadly Episode is book 6 of 6 in the Hawthorne & Horowitz series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with The Word Is Murder (2017). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.

Additionally, Anthony Horowitz writes The Diamond Brothers, Groosham Grange and Alex Rider, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our mystery, middle-grade fantasy and thriller shelves. It is also the latest published Anthony Horowitz book on file.

About Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz is a British author and screenwriter known for an unusually wide range spanning children's spy fiction, literary crime pastiche, and prestige television. See every Anthony Horowitz book in order.

Its place in Hawthorne & Horowitz

A Deadly Episode is book 6 in the Hawthorne & Horowitz series. It follows Close to Death. See the full Hawthorne & Horowitz reading order.

Hawthorne & Horowitz is Anthony Horowitz's adult crime series with a metafictional trick at its center: the narrator is "Anthony Horowitz" himself, a novelist reluctantly dragged into real murder investigations by Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, prickly ex-detective he's been hired to write a true-crime book about. Hawthorne solves the cases with classic golden-age deduction; "Horowitz" bumbles along as an unreliable, self-deprecating Watson figure, complaining about his own contracts and screenwriting deadlines…

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