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A Line to Kill
Hawthorne (Related to this series)
- Author
- Anthony Horowitz
- Narrator
- Rory Kinnear
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 19 August 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 43 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (7 reviews)
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Featuring an exclusive Q&A between Anthony Horowitz and Adam Hamdy.
'Witty, wry, clever, a fabulous detective story and perfect summer reading' KATE MOSSE
'Funny, intriguing, thrilling and thought-provoking: a marvellous mystery' ADAM HAMDY
'Horowitz ... playing Watson to Hawthorne's Sherlock, serves up a pretty kettle of fish, full of red herrings' THE TIMES
'A golden-age whodunnit on steroids' KIRKUS REVIEWS
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'I couldn't see the sea from my bedroom but I could hear the waves breaking in the distance. They reminded me that I was on a tiny island. And I was trapped.'
There has never been a murder on Alderney.
It's a tiny island, just three miles long and a mile and a half wide. The perfect location for a brand-new literary festival. Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne has been invited to talk about his new book. The writer, Anthony Horowitz, travels with him.
Very soon they discover that all is not as it should be. Alderney is in turmoil over a planned power line that will cut through it, desecrating a war cemetery and turning neighbour against neighbour.
The visiting authors - including a blind medium, a French performance poet and a celebrity chef - seem to be harbouring any number of unpleasant secrets.
When the festival's wealthy sponsor is found brutally killed, Alderney goes into lockdown and Hawthorne knows that he doesn't have to look too far for suspects.
There's no escape. The killer is still on the island. And there's about to be a second death...
© Anthony Horowitz 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Another great edition to the series.
timkarim 2025-06-10 -
5.0 5.0
Fabulously unputdownable book. The characters are perfectly described, the plot tight . After 3 books l have accepted it’s necessary that poor Tony is portrayed as a public school boy nice but stupid which is a clever device. It’s modern day Holmes and Watson. The author is so clever. Whatever happened in Reith l can wait another 10 books for!
CMcD 2024-06-09 -
5.0 5.0
Another excellent book in this series. Such a clever construct with the author as a character in the book.
Teaeee 2023-10-22
Details
- Author
- Anthony Horowitz
- Narrator
- Rory Kinnear
- Duration
- 9 hours 43 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 August 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473591158
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(7 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(7 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Featuring an exclusive Q&A between Anthony Horowitz and Adam Hamdy.'Witty, wry, clever, a fabulous detective story and perfect summer reading' KATE MOSSE'Funny, intriguing, thrilling and thought-provoking: a marvellous mystery' ADAM HAMDY'Horowitz ... playing Watson to Hawthorne's Sherlock, serves up a pretty kettle of fish, full of red herrings' THE TIMES'A golden-age whodunnit on steroids' KIRKUS REVIEWS________________________________________'I couldn't see the sea from my bedroom but I could hear the waves breaking in the distance. They reminded me that I was on a tiny island. And I was trapped.'There has never been a murder on Alderney.It's a tiny island, just three miles long and a mile and a half wide. The perfect location for a brand-new literary festival. Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne has been invited to talk about his new book. The writer, Anthony Horowitz, travels with him.Very soon they discover that all is not as it should be. Alderney is in turmoil over a planned power line that will cut through it, desecrating a war cemetery and turning neighbour against neighbour.The visiting authors - including a blind medium, a French performance poet and a celebrity chef - seem to be harbouring any number of unpleasant secrets.When the festival's wealthy sponsor is found brutally killed, Alderney goes into lockdown and Hawthorne knows that he doesn't have to look too far for suspects.There's no escape. The killer is still on the island. And there's about to be a second death...© Anthony Horowitz 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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