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My Mystery Streak Chugs On

The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz

August 8, 2026 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

Bingo: Versus. Character Anthony Horowitz versus Cara Grunshaw and Derek Mills, two detectives who arrest him for murder. I will never get tired of Anthony Horowitz, I’m calling it now. The Twist of a Knife is another book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, with Hawthorne being a mysterious but astute detective and Horowitz the author himself. I’ve read two other books in the series and enjoyed them very much. It is no different with The Twist of a Knife. The book starts with the […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Anthony Horowitz, cbr18bingo

esmemoria's CBR18 Review No:30 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Anthony Horowitz, cbr18bingo ·
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Horowitz Never Fails

Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz

August 2, 2026 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

Bingo: And. Horowitz embeds a mystery book in his mystery book. One mystery and another mystery. IMPORTANT NOTE: This book, third in the Susan Ryeland series, references the solution to the first book, Magpie Murders. Readers are advised to read that book first if they don’t want it spoiled. Marble Hall Murders takes up where Moonflower Murders ended. Editor Susan Ryeland has moved back to England from Crete and is freelancing for a new publisher. The publisher has given Susan a manuscript that lays out […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Anthony Horowitz, cbr18bingo

esmemoria's CBR18 Review No:29 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Anthony Horowitz, cbr18bingo ·
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Hawthorne & Horowitz go to the movies (sort of)

A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz

July 29, 2026 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR18 BINGO: And, because this is the 6th book in the Hawthorne & Horowitz series Anthony Horowitz is back with another Hawthorne mystery, and the premise this time is that his novel The Word is Murder is being turned into a movie! As you can imagine, this novel has fun skewering the movie biz, including pretentious directors, diva actors, ultra-progressive writers, and cut-throat agents. On the other hand, Horowitz the character is surprisingly chill about the modifications being made to his story, saying, “When a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Anthony Horowitz, cbr18, cbr18bingo, Hawthorne and Horowitz, KimMiE", metafiction, mystery

KimMiE"'s CBR18 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Anthony Horowitz, cbr18, cbr18bingo, Hawthorne and Horowitz, KimMiE", metafiction, mystery ·
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Best Horowitz Yet

Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

February 28, 2026 by esmemoria 4 Comments

Moonflower Murders is my third Anthony Horowitz mystery and I think it’s the best one thus far. This is a mystery with a full mystery book inside it (and even a short story type mystery embedded in the nestled mystery book!) Susan Ryeland was the editor for late author Alan Conway’s mystery series featuring Atticus Pünd. After Conway’s murder, she relocated to Greece to run a small hotel with her partner. One day a couple comes to see her with a rather preposterous proposal. Their […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Anthony Horowitz

esmemoria's CBR18 Review No:5 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Anthony Horowitz ·
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The final case for Susan Ryeland?

Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz

July 20, 2025 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR 17 BINGO: Red (see cover) Anthony Horowitz is back with what is most likely the last Susan Ryeland/Atticus Pünd mystery. I’m sad to see the series wind down, but how many times can a person get involved with the same franchise to disastrous results without breaking the audience’s suspension of disbelief? (This isn’t Jurassic Park for heaven’s sake.) If you’re a fan of Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders, you might be wondering how Horowitz could squeeze another novel out of this premise, what with […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Anthony Horowitz, Atticus Pund, cbr17, cbr17bingo, KimMiE", metafiction, mysteries, susan ryeland

KimMiE"'s CBR17 Review No:16 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Anthony Horowitz, Atticus Pund, cbr17, cbr17bingo, KimMiE", metafiction, mysteries, susan ryeland ·
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Midsomer Murders-Y

The Word is Murder (Hawthorne and Horowitz #1) by Anthony Horowitz

June 12, 2025 by Zirza 1 Comment

Anthony Horowitz is a reasonably well-known writer. He’s written Sherlock Holmes stories (with the express approval of Conan Doyle’s descendants, mind you). He’s written episodes of Midsomer Murders – the early ones, before the thing went haywire and we began to wonder why this quaint English district had such a high homicide rate. He’s doing well for himself. Therefore, when the boorish Daniel Hawthorne approaches him and asks him to collaborate on a novel, he is inclined to turn him down. Yet somehow, Hawthorne – […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Anthony Horowitz, Hawthorne and Horowitz, London, The Word Is Murder

Zirza's CBR17 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Anthony Horowitz, Hawthorne and Horowitz, London, The Word Is Murder ·
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