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A review by laurieb755
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
5.0
Thank you Dulcie for suggesting that even though I had watched all the episodes of Magpie Murders on PBS it was worth reading the book. She was 100 percent spot on!
First of all, of the three Anthony Horowitz mysteries I have read this is far and away my favorite. His mysteries have interesting plot lines in terms of the characters and how they are presented. In the previous two books Horowitz is a character in the story; in this book there are two mysteries, one a mystery within a book and the other a mystery within 'real' life. The series on PBS did an excellent job of telling the story of the two mysteries by superimposing them on one another, which is not the sequence that the book presented.
If you read Magpie Murders you will first be presented with the fictitious story written by the the very successful mystery writer Alan Conway. This is the ninth and final book in his Atticus Pünd series. There is only one problem, the final chapter of the book is missing. The second portion of the book consists of Susan Ryeland's notes, she being the editor of Alan Conway's books.
It is possible that both stories were enhanced by my having preconceived ideas of how characters looked and spoke, and what the settings looked like. However, Horowitz's writing and story telling were such a delight to read that, in many ways, I was glad to have had my imagination primed by the PBS series.
This Sunday the first episode of Moonflower Murders airs and I, along with my husband, will be glued to our seats! This is another Atticus Pünd ~ Susan Ryeland mystery…
First of all, of the three Anthony Horowitz mysteries I have read this is far and away my favorite. His mysteries have interesting plot lines in terms of the characters and how they are presented. In the previous two books Horowitz is a character in the story; in this book there are two mysteries, one a mystery within a book and the other a mystery within 'real' life. The series on PBS did an excellent job of telling the story of the two mysteries by superimposing them on one another, which is not the sequence that the book presented.
If you read Magpie Murders you will first be presented with the fictitious story written by the the very successful mystery writer Alan Conway. This is the ninth and final book in his Atticus Pünd series. There is only one problem, the final chapter of the book is missing. The second portion of the book consists of Susan Ryeland's notes, she being the editor of Alan Conway's books.
It is possible that both stories were enhanced by my having preconceived ideas of how characters looked and spoke, and what the settings looked like. However, Horowitz's writing and story telling were such a delight to read that, in many ways, I was glad to have had my imagination primed by the PBS series.
This Sunday the first episode of Moonflower Murders airs and I, along with my husband, will be glued to our seats! This is another Atticus Pünd ~ Susan Ryeland mystery…