Anthony Horowitz is probably one of the best mystery authors around. Definitely on my favorites list and as soon as his newest novel comes out I am putting everything else aside to read it.
Horowitz has an incredible background having written for many of the television shows I have enjoyed. He wrote episodes of Midsommer Murders and Foyle's War. He also wrote scripts for Agatha Christie's Poirot TV programs and also the Alex Rider middle school books. Then there are the fabulous series he is writing now. Two of them. Magpie Murders and The Word is Murder.
Each of these new series are so well written; they are funny, captivating and you never can guess where the plot is taking you. One series is written about a mystery writer who has been writing a cleever very popular mystery series. The plots are a story within a story, the author tells the story and the editor is reading the story and living her real life.
In this latest book, Marble Hall Murders, the editor is working with a new mystery author. This author is trying to continue the series of a dead author. When the editor and the author clash over edits and rewrites they part ways. But the editor cannot seem to separate from the author, her future is tied to this relationship. Either shee finds a way to resolve things or she may not ever work in the business again.
Of course there are intriguing questions about all the relationships between the characters, and there is a murder or two. The writing is phenomenal and always very insightful.
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