Magpie Murders
- Published
- 6 October 2016
- Pages
- 236
- ISBN-13
- 9780062670977
- Type
- novel
About this book
Magpie Murders introduced the series in October 2016 at 236 pages, launching Anthony Horowitz's nesting-doll structure in which book editor Susan Ryeland investigates a real murder mirroring a manuscript she's editing -- a complete Atticus Pund whodunit folded inside her own.
Key facts about Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz wrote Magpie Murders, a novel on our list. It has been out since 6 October 2016. The book has 236 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780062670977 to find the main one.
Magpie Murders is book 1 of 3 in the Susan Ryeland (Magpie Murders) series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Marble Hall Murders is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 10 April 2025.
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. Meanwhile, A Deadly Episode is the latest published Anthony Horowitz book on file, from 23 April 2026.
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 Susan Ryeland (Magpie Murders)
Magpie Murders is book 1 in the Susan Ryeland (Magpie Murders) series. It is followed by Moonflower Murders. See the full Susan Ryeland (Magpie Murders) reading order.
The Susan Ryeland series is Anthony Horowitz's tribute to golden-age British detective fiction, built on a nesting-doll structure: each novel follows book editor Susan Ryeland investigating a real murder that eerily mirrors the plot of a manuscript she's editing -- a complete, fully-plotted whodunit-within-the-whodunit starring fictional 1950s detective Atticus Pund. Readers effectively get two mysteries per book, Susan's contemporary investigation and Pund's period one, with clues in the manuscript sometimes…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780062670977