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Close to Death
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In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's ingenious fifth literary whodunnit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case--a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound.
Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from the noise and grime of city life, allowing the residents to enjoy beautiful gardens, pleasant birdsong, and tranquility from behind the security of a locked gate.
It is the perfect idyll, until the Kentworthy family arrives, with their four giant, gas-guzzling cars, gaggle of shrieking children, and plans for a garish swimming pool in the backyard. Obvious outsiders, the Kentworthys do not belong in Riverside Close, and quickly offend every last one of the neighbors.
When Giles Kentworthy is found dead on his own doorstep, a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest, Detective Hawthorne is the only investigator they can call to solve the case.
Because how do you solve a murder when everyone is a suspect?
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780063305649
EAN:
9780063305649
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
432
Authors:
Anthony Horowitz
Publisher:
Harper
Published Date: 2024-16-04
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Twists and turns galore. Well done! Actually better with less Hawthorne bugging Horowitz as he did in the other “real time” books.
First off, I want to say that last year I bought, and read, AH's Magpie and Moonflower Murders and enjoyed both. Especially Magpie. That was a good book. This 'Close To Death' thing, uh, no...Just briefly, I constantly felt confused, bored or disinterested. I especially found the beginning tedious and was always very unsure if I'd keep plodding along. But I did, and at some point things stated to pick up, although I never cared about the characters in the Close, witht he slight exception of Barrister Andrew Pennington. Aside from him, the characters often seemed very unrealistic and sometimes formulaic. I also absolutely did not like the cutting back and forth between AH, as a character, and the mystery at the Close. Very, very disorienting, although I didn't mind Horowitz's book within a book in Magpie and Moonflower. I also feel that AH, the real AH that walks and talks in the real world, thinks that he, as a character, is far more interesting that he is.... What can I say...I did, however, enjoy the character John Dudley (bravo on that). And that reminds me, I definitely did NOT enjoy the character Hawthorne. This was my first Hawthorne and Horowitz, so I was meeting Hawthorne for the first time. My goodness, what an unpleasant, unlikeable person. I absolutely did not enjoy spending time with him.In closing, I will say that I enojyed much of the last chapter, Endgame, but had to suffer through a lot of pages to get there.Oh,forgot to say (how could I forget??) -- I thought much of the plot (especially the means of the murders) was absolutely ludicrous... Honestly pathetic.If I had it to do over, I would not have bought or read this title. A BIG waste of my time and energy.
Anthony Horowitz has done it again! Just when the reader thinks that the mystery is unsolvable, one character chooses to make sense of it all. This last of the Hawthorne books is well worth the time and effort.
Anthony Horowitz weaves a great intriguing story of mystery and keeps you in suspense till the very end….well done and highly recommended.
Love this series! I found the story very interesting. Was told in a different style than the previous books. Loved it!
