How do you solve a murder... when everyone has the same motive? From global bestselling Anthony
Horowitz a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. 'The
Lord of television mystery' LA Times 'Easily the greatest of our crime writers ' Sunday Times
'[Horowitz is] a master puppeteer ' The Times 'Anthony Horowitz is an absolutely exceptional
writer' Daniel Mays 'Incredible plotting richly layered and wonderfully intricate. I inhaled
it' Liz Nugent 'A clever murder mystery... playful and twisty. Nobody does this crime fiction
better than Anthony Horowitz' Crime Time FM ' Spectacularly good fun wickedly clever with
a pinch of the macabre this is everything you could wish for from one of our top crime
writers.' The Sun 'Another delightful outing with Hawthorne and Horowitz . Each one is more
inventive than the last. Keep them coming!' Shari Lapena 'Anthony Horowitz is a national
treasure. Close to Death is his best book yet a perfect combination of Agatha Christie and
P.D. James' Ragnar Jónasson _____________ Richmond Upon Thames is one of the most
desirable areas to live in London. And Riverview Close - a quiet gated community - seems to
offer its inhabitants the perfect life. At least it does until Giles Kenworthy moves in with
his wife and noisy children his four gas-guzzling cars his loud parties and his plans for a
new swimming pool in his garden. His neighbours all have a reason to hate him and are soon up
in arms. When Kenworthy is shot dead with a crossbow bolt through his neck all of them come
under suspicion and his murder opens the door to lies deception and further death. The police
are baffled. Reluctantly they call in former Detective Daniel Hawthorne. But even he is faced
with a seemingly impossible puzzle. How do you solve a murder when everyone has the same
motive? _____________ Readers cannot get enough of Close to Death . . . ***** ' All said and
done this book was yet another hole in one thanks to the virtuoso-like skill of Mr. Horowitz
himself.' ***** ' Wow this has got to be my favourite detective series ever! It's Agatha
Christie on steroids!' ***** ' I had so much fun reading this book.' ***** ' Horowitz switches
up the format keeping this series fresh and delivers yet another outstanding tale . I loved
it.' ***** 'Honestly the best crime read in a long time.' _____________ More love for Close
to Death . . . 'Just when you thought Horowitz couldn't further stretch his boundary-bending
Daniel Hawthorne detective series he concocts yet another way to involve readers in his story'
The Washington Post 'The mystery is inventive elegant and smart ' The Telegraph ' Sheer
genius ... A joy from start to finish' Independent ' Whodunnit heaven ' Financial Times ' An
absolutely engrossing tale ... Kudos to anyone who can figure this one out!' Starred Booklist
'An exceedingly entertaining and inventive mixture of humour and suspense.' Wall Street Journal
' Gloriously artificial improbable and ingenious. Fans of both versions of Horowitz will
rejoice.' Kirkus Reviews 'Turns the closed-circle mystery inside out' New York Journal of
Books 'The master of the mystery ' Style 'The king of the clever whodunnit' Good Housekeeping
'A delirious concoction that transplants a Christie-style mystery into the present ' Crime Time
'An excellent entertaining thriller' The Afterword Sunday Times bestseller April 2024 One
of the Wall Street Journal' s best mysteries of 2024
