Marble Hall Murders

By Anthony Horowitz

Book Overview

"Diabolically clever."--New York Times

"Horowitz dazzles with the brilliant third entry in his Susan Ryeland series . . . . He is] is at the top of his game here, linking past and present in a virtuoso finale worthy of Agatha Christie."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Murder links past and present once again in this mind-boggling metafictional mystery from Anthony Horowitz featuring detective Atticus P nd and editor Susan Ryeland, stars of the New York Times bestsellers Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.

Editor Susan Ryeland has left her Greek island, her hotel and her Greek boyfriend, Andreas, in search of a new life back in England.

Freelancing for a London publisher, she's given the last job she wants: working on an Atticus P nd continuation novel called P nd's Last Case. Worse still, she knows the new writer. Eliot Crace is the troubled grandson of legendary children's author Miriam Crace who died twenty years ago. Eliot is convinced she was murdered--by poison.

To her surprise, Susan enjoys reading the manuscript which is set in the South of France and revolves around the mysterious death of Lady Margaret Chalfont, days before she was about to change her will. But when it is revealed that Lady Margaret was also poisoned, alarm bells begin to ring.

The more Susan reads, the clearer it becomes that Eliot has deliberately concealed clues about his grandmother's death inside the book.

Desperately, Susan tries to prevent Eliot from putting himself in harm's way--but his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic. Another murder follows . . . and suddenly Susan finds herself to be the number one suspect.

Once again, the real and the fictional worlds have become dangerously entangled. And if Susan doesn't solve the mystery of P nd's Last Case, she could well be its next victim.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063305704
• ISBN13: 9780063305700
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

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Let me preface this by saying I did not read the previous two books, Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders, but watched the series on PBS, and enjoyed both immensely. So it was with great anticipation I ordered the latest and last book in the series, Marble Hall Murders. When it arrived I was excited to see it was a rather hefty tome and I anticipated hours of intrigue and mystery. The large font gave away that it was not as long a read as I expected, maybe intended for a more mature audience (with less than stellar eye sight?). The first few pages were rather uninspiring, the writing did not grip me, it was actually rather dull. The clues were strewn throughout and it soon became apparent how this was going to end. I was hoping that I was wrong and it could not have ended the way I thought, but alas, it did. No surprises, no suspense, cliche characters, unoriginal and formulaic. I hate to say it, quite boring writing, and I was disappointed. I am still looking forward to the PBS show, I love the actors and the setting. But truly, this is not a book you want to rush out to buy.