Hawthorne & Horowitz · Book 1
The Word Is Murder
- Published
- 24 August 2017
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9781784757236
- Type
- novel
About this book
Anthony Horowitz introduced his fictionalized self alongside detective Hawthorne in The Word Is Murder, published August 24, 2017 at 400 pages -- the book that sets up the series' metafictional trick: "Horowitz" the reluctant, bumbling narrator, and Hawthorne the brilliant, prickly ex-detective he's hired to write about.
Its place in Hawthorne & Horowitz
The Word Is Murder is book 1 in the Hawthorne & Horowitz series. It is followed by The Sentence Is 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781784757236