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4 Stars • In "The Twist of a Knife," Anthony Horowitz is struggling with his latest novel when he's drawn into the premiere of his own play, which ends in disaster. When a renowned drama critic, Harriet Throsby, is murdered shortly after publishing a scathing review of the play. Detective Daniel Hawthorne, with Horowitz as his reluctant chronicler, dives into the investigation. ⬇️

Finishing up a delightful cozy murder mystery from #AnthonyHorowitz. The Twist of a Knife, the fourth book in A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery series. A BRILLIANT set of meta-fiction in which Horowitz plants himself the fictional world of his books. 5 ⭐️(published in 2022 by Harper Books)

Horowitz asks for Hawthorne's help to keep him out of prison - Horowitz is accused of killing the critic that panned his new play. The mystery is good, the writing is good, and the relationship between Horowitz and Hawthorne is great (it keeps me coming back for more). Overall a very good read!
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Thanks for the tag @dabbe it brought back memories - growing up in an era of 4 tv stations I had to wait to see the shows/movies I liked. Saturday nights we had the Cool Ghoul - he would show horror movies!

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Horowitz‘ Hawthorn series, in which the author is a character, is fun fluff. In each book, Tony the character and the reader learn a little bit more about the reclusive detective. In this one, Tony is accused of murdering a critic who gave his play a bad review and while he was hoping to cut ties with Hawthorn, now he desperately needs his help to prove his innocence.

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1. 🔪💀🕵️‍♀️for the tagged book

2. I‘m looking forward to the next Jackson Brodie novel “Death at the Sign of the Rook” by Kate Atkinson

3. I recently recommended “The Calculating Stars” by Mary Robinette Kowal to a friend. I think she‘d appreciate its feminist and scientific slant.

Not feeling that good today so stayed in bed and finished this book. I‘m more familiar with Anthony Horowitz and his kids books. I think this is my 2nd adult novel I‘ve read. Very entertaining. I love his style of putting himself in the book and making it feel real with facts from his literary life. Agatha Christie style ending. I‘d read another if it comes my way.

The Hawthorne and Horowitz series have been a blast! I love Hawthorne‘s sarcastic humor and dry personality. The murder mysteries are always engaging and keep me guessing. The Twist of a Knife opens with Hawthorne proposing ideas for more books from his older investigations. Horowitz digs his heels in and refuses. Horowitz invites Hawthorne to the opening night of his play and Hawthorne declines.

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Onto my next read for the #victoriadayreadathon - there‘s a new thing on our library‘s Libby App -A Skip the Line Loan - you have 7 days to read it - I‘m hoping to make some headway before times up in 4 days. Naturally my loan list is full and I‘m easily distracted by the other books 📚 so who knows if I‘ll finish

4th in the series and I flew through it 😊… might have been my favourite 🤔… certainly up there!

The central plot strand is one that a few detective series have at one point now (the first I remember it being in was Morse) and I don‘t like it as a plot device, but it‘s still a really good book, I still didn‘t guess whodunnit, and I still want to read the sequel when he‘s written it! The fact / fiction mix continues right into the acknowledgements section and still unsettles me quite a lot, which I guess is the intention!

Not my favorite in this series, but still entertaining, mostly because Rory Kinnear‘s audiobook narration is perfection. All good fun.

My haul from this week's Book Sorting. Strangely, I'd just added The Making of a Racist to my stack this week, and lo, it appeared.

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I really like this series and this just might be my favorite. The technique the author uses of writing himself into the story is fun and creative. It really draws you into the story. The audiobook narrator, Rory Kinnear, does a great job bringing the characters to life.

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Anthony Horowitz writing himself into this series is fantastic. Highly enjoyable.

Horowitz never disappoints! @wanderer15 and I did this as a read aloud and it was really fun and kept us hooked. This is the 4th in a series that features the author as a character helping solve murders.

After four books, I still cannot decide if I even like Hawthorne; he‘s irascible and annoying. This time Anthony is accused of murder, and Hawthorne is on the case. There‘s a good deal of evidence against Horowitz. Did he actually do it? #audiowalk

Back to Horowitz. I took my granddaughter out with me on my walks today. We walked a little over 3 miles and had a great time.

I can never resist a new Anthony Horowitz novel, so when this became available on ScribD, I downloaded it immediately and made it my new walking book. Hawthorne wants Horowitz to write a new book about him, but Horowitz objects saying he only agreed to a 3 book contract and there haven‘t been any murders anyway. Of course, you know what happens next. There‘s a storm coming through, so I got my walk in this morning. #audiowalk

Book 4 in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series was my favorite read this month. I‘ve loved all four books in this series.

#readingbracket2022 for November is going to one of my favorite auto-buy authors, Anthony Horowitz and his newest book, “The Twist of a Knife”. Horowitz has such a gift for bringing his characters to life, I laughed and gasped while reading this one and cannot wait for the next installment 🙌

I love the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. This is book 4 and I highly recommend you read this series in order since past books/cases are mentioned frequently. Horowitz is a must read author for me.

Hoping to read many of the holiday cozies I own (physical, ebook & audio) in December. So I thought I‘d end November with some non-cozies. 🤓

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This was a good one! Great twist and character study. I also love the dynamics of the budding friendship between Horowitz and Hawthorne. Until next year!

*I can‘t believe Horowitz actually wrote the play at the center of this novel.

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Hawthorne & Horowitz #4 was a total surprise when I heard it came out this week. I typically like to read Horowitz rather than listen but this series is an exception since it‘s read by the lovely and talented Rory Kinnear - I burned through this one in 2 days. If you like the others in this series, you‘ll like this one, too, I‘m sure. I thought it was lots of fun and beautifully performed as always.

You know my toxic trait? I impatiently wait for a new book by one of my favorite authors and then I devour it and now I‘m back to waiting for their next book 🤦‍♀️ Anthony Horowitz‘s newest installment of “Hawthorne Investigates” is an A+! I loved everything about it, especially the banter between Hawthorne and Grundshaw is amazing! I say drop what you‘re reading and pick up this new release ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I love Anthony Horowitz. Have read every mystery book he‘s written starting with The Word is Murder. In this one he‘s accused of murdering the critic who gave his play a bad review. The writing is excellent and the plot entertaining. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is the fourth in this mystery series, where Horowitz blends reality and fiction in a wonderfully clever way. I always find myself on Google to discover what is real and what was created by the author. This one revolves around the theatre where Horowitz's actual play ('Mindgame') is being produced. When he finds himself the primary suspect in a murder, he needs Hawthorne's help. This is a smart mystery told with a touch of humour. 4.25/5

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49/22 Whenever one of these faux memoirs comes out I jump straight on the audio book. There is something about them I find very comforting in a murdery kind of way. Maybe because they are set places I usually know so well, maybe because I‘m a sucker for an mockumentary, and this is the closest I can get in mystery form. Anyway, it was another pleasant way to spend a few hours and I didn‘t guess the end which always makes me happy.