(Part of the Magpie Murders (#1) Series and Susan Ryeland (#1) Series)
Conditions
A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
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Conditions
A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
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"A double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don't often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers." --Janet Maslin, New York Times
New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Novel NPR Best Book of the Year Washington Post Best Book of the Year Esquire Best Book of the Year
From the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original puzzle mystery.
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus P nd, who solves cozy mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan's traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job.
Conway's latest tale has Atticus P nd investigating a murder at Pye Hall, a local manor house. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but the more Susan reads, the more she's convinced that this book within a book contains another story hidden in its pages: one of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.
Masterful, clever, and relentlessly suspenseful, Magpie Murders is a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction in which the reader becomes the detective.
I was very disappointed that my book came without a jacket. It was sold as in very good condition but nothing about a missing jacket. I don't think I'm wrong in assuming it would have one.
This book is a two for one murder mystery, with two separate but similar stories unraveling. I truly found the inner book, the true Magpie Murders, to be riveting. The other tale was slightly predictable and I was able to decipher the culprit nearly at the beginning. I would still highly recommend! Would also recommend his other series, The Word is Murder, for a similar high quality murder mystery.
This is one of the best mystery books I have read in years!
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