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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 LapenaRichmond 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis neighbours all have a reason to hate him and are soon up in arms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe police are baffled. Reluctantly, they call in former Detective Daniel Hawthorne. 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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 AfterwordSunday Times bestseller, April 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48409688408388,"sku":"9781529904239","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/a1540e320e6760a1ed0eae93dcf0ebd0.png?v=1752767690"}],"url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.com\/collections\/cosy-crime.oembed?page=13","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}