A Line to Kill: from the global bestselling author of Moonflower Murders (Hawthorne and Horowitz): a locked room mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author (Hawthorne and Horowitz, 3) Paperback – 2 September 2021

Page-turner. Finished it in a day. As fab as the other novels. Brilliant plot. Now, waiting for the next one. Hope he writes it quickly.

This is the third book in the series and a really enjoyable one. Horowitz writes in his trademark style and ensures that we keep turning the pages. Set in a literary festival with Alderny, which Horowitz goes with Hawthorne, and where a string of murders occur, the book is as good as the previous ones. Recommended!!

Very disappointed with this story. It is nothing compared to the previous ones. It's is as if a different person has written it.

A Line to Kill by Anthony HorowitzGenre: Detective fictionAudience: Teenage and aboveRating: 4/5Comments:This is the third in a series of books involving author Anthony Horowitz and his creation, Detective Hawthorne. This book can be read as a standalone novel; the reader does not need to know what happened in the earlier novels. However, reading the novels in order would give the reader a small additional perspective on the series.The previous books in the series also merit 4 stars out of 5. The novelty of this book, as in the previous books, is that the author narrates the story as a real author in his real identity chronicling real events. The book is delightfully easy to read. The plot is straightforward, not absurdly complicated and convoluted; and the plot does not hinge on tiny details that readers cannot possibly be expected to notice and remember .There are many entertaining characters with excellent subplots that are cleverly interwoven with the main plot. There is plenty of wit. The book effortlessly holds attention.The end, as is usual in detective novels, comes as a surprise. My only criticism is that in most classical detective novels, there is usually only one person who could possibly have been responsible for the crime, as the detective explains. In this book, even at the end, pretty much anybody could have been the killer with a plausible explanation spun around it. So, the reader is advised to not take the book too seriously, but to just go along with the author for an enjoyable ride.This book is worth reading, and worth reading a second time, too, to appreciate what was missed during the first reading.

The review title says it all.

Not as great as his other books and was predictable.

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.

I didn’t like this book as I did the others. So fake and not interesting no matter who was the real killer ,it couldn’t be so complicated situation as described. Sorry

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!