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A review by laurieb755
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
3.0
So yuh, I liked the first book in this series but as far as this second book goes, it was simply a so-so okay. I already knew the conceit of the book, that of Horowitz inserting himself into the story as a chronicler of former Detective Hawthorne's exploits. To digress, Hawthorne is an ex-dectective thanks to his involvement in a prisoner experiencing a wee bit of a fall down a flight of stairs while handcuffed.
However, Hawthorne is a highly skilled detective and to that end the police have a habit of hiring him to help solve those cases that are not quite so cut and dry. He and Horowitz met when he was called in as a police consultant on the television series Foyle's War authored by Horowitz. At the start of the previous book we learn that Hawthorne has contacted the author to ask him to write a book about Hawthorne and his current cases.
Horowitz concocts interesting murders. However, I was becoming tired of him as a narrator and losing interest in him as a side kick. At the same time former detective Hawthorne was becoming more interesting as little by little additional details are added to his bio, though at this rate it might take more than a few books to uncover the man behind the name.
So, will I read the next book in the series? Not sure. Maybe I'll try The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel and see how he writes in another mystery vein.
However, Hawthorne is a highly skilled detective and to that end the police have a habit of hiring him to help solve those cases that are not quite so cut and dry. He and Horowitz met when he was called in as a police consultant on the television series Foyle's War authored by Horowitz. At the start of the previous book we learn that Hawthorne has contacted the author to ask him to write a book about Hawthorne and his current cases.
Horowitz concocts interesting murders. However, I was becoming tired of him as a narrator and losing interest in him as a side kick. At the same time former detective Hawthorne was becoming more interesting as little by little additional details are added to his bio, though at this rate it might take more than a few books to uncover the man behind the name.
So, will I read the next book in the series? Not sure. Maybe I'll try The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel and see how he writes in another mystery vein.