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Close to Death

How do you solve a murder … when everyone has the same motive? (Hawthorne, 5)
Series: Hawthorne
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By global bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, comes a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. The quiet, gated community of Riverview Close offers its inhabitants the perfect life within one of the most desirable areas of London. That is, until Giles Kenworthy moves... Read More
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Close to Death

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By global bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, comes a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.

The quiet, gated community of Riverview Close offers its inhabitants the perfect life within one of the most desirable areas of London.

That is, until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife and noisy children, his gas-guzzling cars, loud parties, and outrageous plans for a new swimming pool.

His neighbours all have a reason to hate him. So when Kenworthy is shot dead with a crossbow bolt through his neck, they all come under suspicion.

Only former Detective Daniel Hawthorne has a chance at solving the case, but he's stuck on one part of the puzzle –

Close to Death: How do you solve a murder when everyone has the same motive?

Series: Hawthorne

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804942963

Publisher: Cornerstone

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 298g

Pages: 432

About the Author

Anthony Horowitz is responsible for creating and writing some of the UK's most loved and successful TV series, including Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War. He is the author of the teen spy series, Alex Rider, which has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide. He has been widely praised for his murder mysteries which began with two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels and continued with the bestselling Hawthorne series in which he appears as the former detective's hapless sidekick. In January 2022 he was awarded a CBE for his services to literature. His novel, Magpie Murders, was made into a BBC drama starring Lesley Manville as editor Susan Ryeland. The sequel, Moonflower Murders, also starring Lesley Manville, was a BBC drama in 2024. Marble Hall Murders continues the story...

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