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The twist of a knife : a novel

Call Number

  • MYSTERY HORO (CEN, OSH)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

Physical Description

373 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

Anthony Horowitz tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne that after three books, he's ending their collaboration. His new play, a thriller called Mindgame, is about to open in London's West End. The play is panned by critics-- Sunday Times critic Harriet Throsby is particularly savage, especially about the writing. The next day she is stabbed in the heart by an ornamental dagger-- one belonging to Anthony, and with his fingerprints all over it. When a second theatre critic is found to have died under mysterious circumstances, only one man can help him-- but will Hawthorne take the call?

Notes

"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by Century Penguin Random House UK."--Title page verso.

Sequel to: A line to kill.

Contents

  • Separate ways
  • Mindgame
  • First night
  • The first review
  • Daggers drawn
  • One phone call
  • The custody check
  • Palgrove Gardens
  • Seven suspects
  • Dressing Room 5
  • Star quality
  • Another knife
  • A run of bad luck
  • Premonitions
  • Clerkenwell at night
  • Frost and Longhurst
  • Extract from Bad Boys by Harriet Throsby
  • Moxham Hall
  • Long shadows
  • Past crimes
  • The Jai Mahal
  • Safe house
  • Nothing personal
  • Back to the vaudeville
  • Final act
  • The dotted line.