A Line to Kill: from the global bestselling author of Moonflower Murders (Hawthorne and Horowitz)

The book makes you feel like you are on the island of Alderney, along with Hawthorne. It sheds light on Hawthorne's past as a police officer.

What I like most about the fictional relationship between crusty ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne and author Anthony Horowitz is the dialogue between the two men. Yes, to those who aren't aware, Horowitz makes himself a character in this series. Their sarcastic bickering makes me laugh even while they're solving a murder.In this story, Horowitz's first mystery involving the two men is about to be published, and he and his partner are invited to a literary festival on the island of Alderney. Horowitz is prepared for Hawthorne to balk at attending because Hawthorne doesn't present himself as all that approachable and not the type to answer questions from an audience of literary fans.To Horowitz's absolute astonishment, Hawthorne charms the audience, and he, the writer, gets asked very few questions in their presentation. Making matters even more confusing for Horowitz, he finds that the subject of his novel has not been very forthcoming about why he was so eager to come to the festival. Evidentially, it gives Hawthorne a chance to keep tabs on an old enemy, a child pornographer that he pushed down the stairs when he was in police custody. This led to Hawthorne's retirement from the police force. This pornographer happens to be an assistant to the man who funded the festival.The festival's eccentric and wealthy benefactor is murdered after a party for the writers at his house, and Hawthorne and Horowitz go into investigative mode. Since Alderney is cut off from the mainland, Hawthorne takes charge of the investigation until the appropriate authorities arrive. He refuses to let people leave the island. Suspicion surrounds all of the party's attendees, most of whom have reasons to benefit from the benefactor's death. The man's wife is first in line because she has had numerous affairs and doesn't seem overly troubled about her husband's death. There are also the other writers: a chef who has written a cookbook, a historical researcher, a psychic, a children's book author, and a French poet. And then, of course, there's the victim's employment relationship with the pornographer. There are more suspects than I'm listing here.This is the most entertaining mystery of the series so far, in my opinion. The characters are vividly depicted, and the love/hate working relationship between Hawthorne and Horowitz is hilarious. Fans of Agatha Christie as well as Richard Osman should be delighted by this book. Although readers will follow this third book in the series without reading the first two, I recommend reading the books in order for maximum enjoyment.

El paquete llegó con retraso. El libro es eso, un libro. Lo unico es el embalaje, que al tener un pliegue y no estar el libro protegido en el interior algunas hojas llegaron dobladas y es incómodo para manejar, tan fácil como envolver el libro para que no se abra.

To be read with great attention to the details… clues are spread out all over the pages!

Anthony Horowitz の作品はキャラクターや状況描写が明確なので英語学習者でも迷子にならず、とても読みやすいのでオススメ。なにより面白くて、届いてすぐ読み始めたが、読む手が止まらない。私はだいたい通勤電車の中で本を読むので、このコンパクトサイズが持ち運びに最適で約1年間出版を待ち望んでいた。早く先が知りたい!という想いの一方で、じっくり堪能したいという想いで揺れている。