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Close to Death

How do you solve a murder … when everyone has the same motive? (Hawthorne, 5)

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Close to Death

Written by: Anthony Horowitz
Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
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Brought to you by Penguin.

A Sunday Times bestseller


How do you solve a murder... when everyone has the same motive? From global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.

Richmond 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.

At 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.

His neighbours all have a reason to hate him and are soon up in arms.

When 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.

The police are baffled. Reluctantly, they call in former Detective Daniel Hawthorne. But even he is faced with a seemingly impossible puzzle.

How do you solve a murder when everyone has the same motive?

‘Anthony Horowitz is easily the greatest of our crime writersSunday Times
Sheer genius … A joy from start to finish’ Independent
'The master of the mystery' Style
'The king of the clever whodunnit' Good Housekeeping
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Gloriously artificial, improbable, and ingenious. Fans of both versions of Horowitz will rejoice.’ Kirkus Reviews
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‘An absolutely engrossing tale ... Kudos to anyone who can figure this one out!’ Starred Booklist

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Critic Reviews

(CLOSE TO DEATH is one of) the five best murder mystery novels of all time
Easily the greatest of our crime writers
[Horowitz is] a master puppeteer
'A clever murder mystery…playful and twisty. Nobody does this crime fiction better than Anthony Horowitz
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
Turns the closed-circle mystery inside out
The master of the mystery
The king of the clever whodunnit
An excellent entertaining thriller
Gloriously artificial, improbable, and ingenious. Fans of both versions of Horowitz will rejoice
All stars
Most relevant
Amazing storyline; leaves you hooked till the last chapter. Stellar story telling.

Looking forward to the next book in the series

Best book in Horthon series

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I liked the twists and turns and the uncertainty until the last moment. Hawthorne is still very much Hawthorne

A riveting murder mystery

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I have listened to all the 4 Horowitz books yet, and this was, by far, the best of the series. The story has all the twists and turns a good murder mystery must have. And Rory Kinnear’s reading style adds so much more to the story that it gets hard to set the book aside once you start listening to it! Well done!

Best of the series so far

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The plot and the detection makes this a unique book. In the end you do realize that the outcome arrived at was the only possible one though :)

A perfect murder mystery with enough twists and turns to keep the reader hooked !!

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