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A review by thebooksatchel
Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
4.0
I LOVED this read!! I picked this up because I am love [book:Magpie Murders|32075854] and [book:Moonflower Murders|57007380] (and secretly want Anthony Horowitz to write Book 3 in the series). Well, since there's no Book 3 yet, I thought I could make do with a Hawthorne and Horowitz mystery.
What to expect?
- small town (you could say closed town mystery) mystery where a disagreeable rich neighbour is found murdered. Another death follows.
- If you don't know already, Anthony Horowitz himself is a fictional character in this series. He writes about the crimes solves by Hawthorne. this is one of my favourite kinds of books where we don't know where reality ends and fiction begins.
- cozy crime. All the neighbours have a motive to dislike the murdered man but not big enough a motive to kill him. They also have solid alibis.
- There's the coziest crime book shop named The Tea cosy run by two nuns that doesn't sell anything too violent (no Jo Nesbo here, too violent)
- I loved how Horowitz tries to understand how the crime was solved. He wasn't convinced about what he wrote. He visits and interviews the townsfolk five years after the crime was solved. There's also the elusive assistant to Hawthorne that Hawthorne refuses to introduce him to.
Read it if you love cozy crime.
What to expect?
- small town (you could say closed town mystery) mystery where a disagreeable rich neighbour is found murdered. Another death follows.
- If you don't know already, Anthony Horowitz himself is a fictional character in this series. He writes about the crimes solves by Hawthorne. this is one of my favourite kinds of books where we don't know where reality ends and fiction begins.
- cozy crime. All the neighbours have a motive to dislike the murdered man but not big enough a motive to kill him. They also have solid alibis.
- There's the coziest crime book shop named The Tea cosy run by two nuns that doesn't sell anything too violent (no Jo Nesbo here, too violent)
- I loved how Horowitz tries to understand how the crime was solved. He wasn't convinced about what he wrote. He visits and interviews the townsfolk five years after the crime was solved. There's also the elusive assistant to Hawthorne that Hawthorne refuses to introduce him to.
Read it if you love cozy crime.