Magpie murders / Anthony Horowitz.
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan's traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job. Conway's latest tale has Atticus Pünd investigating a murder at Pye Hall, a local manor house. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but the more Susan reads, the more she's convinced that there is another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript: one of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062645227
- ISBN: 0062645226
- ISBN: 9780062645234
- ISBN: 0062645234
- Physical Description: 4 pages, 213 pages, 236 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
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- Book editors > Fiction.
Crime writing > Fiction.
Detectives > England > Fiction.
Germans > England > Fiction.
Manuscripts > Fiction.
Nineteen fifties > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Ashe County Public Library | F HOR (Text) | 50503300425784 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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| Barco Library | F HOR (Text) | 39488200931295 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F HOROW (Text) | 34208203596209 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Horowitz (Text) | 540191011096314 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan's traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job. Conway's latest tale has Atticus Pünd investigating a murder at Pye Hall, a local manor house. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but the more Susan reads, the more she's convinced that there is another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript: one of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.
