The Sentence is Death: A Novel (Hawthorne & Horowitz #2) [B1762]

2019 HCDJ 1st edition in nice clean condition. A brilliantly inventive murder mystery and compelling whodunnit by the author of the New York Times bestseller The Word Is Murder. "The author turns up the suspense, the sleuths turn up the clues, and crooks end up dead all while Moriarty's specter hovers. Anything but elementary, this clever thriller is sure to please Sherlock fans." -People.

"You shouldn't be here. It's too late . . . " These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine-a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise. Odd, considering he didn't drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man's many, many enemies did the deed? Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who's really getting rather good at this murder investigation business in this compelling meta mystery. But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in this British detective mystery, he realizes that these secrets must be exposed-even at the risk of death . . .

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This is the second in the series, and I love the clever way in which Anthony Horowitz writes this, inserting himself - his real-life himself - into these fictional stories with Daniel Hawthorne. I enjoy Horowitz's storytelling and the sense of humor he brings to these stories."; ""; "As I was reading this, bits seemed familiar. Further along I realized that I indeed had read it before. I did not recall how it ended so I finished reading to the end. A good read start to finish, even the second time."; "Another great one in the series. Love the dynamic between the two men and how the author goes between real life events and the fiction of the story."