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A Line to Kill

Anthony Horowitz

3.81 AVERAGE

funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jackiebagelzzz's review

3.75

Super fun, as always. Hard to put down, good amount of leaning into the silliness of the genre. 

hamptonslibrary's review

4.0

in the movie version in my head, Hawthorne is played by benedict cumberbatch and Anthony is played by matthew gray gubler
VERY criminal minds and im a slut for crime

mrwelchreads's review

4.25
adventurous challenging funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
mysterious slow-paced
challenging funny lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

You have to read this series in order, and while each book has its own mystery, it’s a continuing story of the relationship between the two protagonists, taking place over a relatively short period.  By this third book, the author and his detective have both become more sympathetic, and the author perhaps increasingly WATSON like. Still it is straight up fun by a master of the genre.  Of the three I’ve read I would probably say two was my favorite, but it’s very very close between all of them. I’ll be onto number four shortly.
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smesnake's review

2.75
medium-paced

madelineghite's review

4.0
dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

harrymalysz's review

4.0

classic murder mystery and not complex