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I thought this was a really fun, really intriguing mystery--or rather, two mysteries in one. This was the first time I had read anything by Anthony Horowitz and it won't be my last.

We have an old-fashioned, well-written who-done-it manuscript dropped off by a famous writer, only the last chapters are missing. So then we need to find out what happened to the chapters and solve the mystery in the book, but while doing that the main character becomes convinced that the author was murdered.

I thought both mysteries were well-thought out and very clever. I'm not sure why some reviewers disliked it--I thought it was a great read.


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Magpie Murders A Novel Anthony Horowitz Books Reviews

Thought it would be a nice light read. Book took a clever turn in the middle. However by the end I was skimming. Couldn’t finish fast enough.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz takes the classic murder mystery off into new dimensions. Yes, we have the typical gruesome murder in a small English village where just about everyone has a motive. Yes, we have the brilliant, excentric private detective who sorts through the myriad colorful clues toward a culprit unsuspected by any of we mortals. There is also the usual detective's companion. But then we have more -- unexpected additional murders within and without the classic basic. Also, we have reference to other mysteries solved by the same excentric detective as well as clever literary devices involving names of characers. Everything sorts out at the end. But, one wonders, isn't the whole enterprise a bit too clever for its own good?
I don't often stop reading mid-book but the abrupt change of narrator and the onset of almost terminal boredom necessitated a drastic change in my usual reading habits. I can't believe I paid $11.99 (about $12 dollars too much) for this drivel. 99% of the one star reviews are right on target... if you ignore them and buy this book anyway save yourself the time and effort - read part 7 first.
It is almost impossible to discuss this ingenious combination of puzzles without creating spoilers. Out of necessity, therefore, this review will be brief.

Anthony Horowitz’s 2017 book, “Magpie Murders,” is really like an onion you peel back one layer to discover another. And there are some other games dropped like golden apples to amuse and distract along the way.

The introduction sets up a tale within a tale format a Cloverleaf Publishing House editor, Susan Ryeland, lets us know she is reviewing a manuscript for a mystery with the eponymous title. And that the book has changed her life… significantly by hinting she is no longer employed at Cloverleaf.

At that point we are plunged into a mid-1950’s setting for a traditional English murder mystery, replete with multiple characters and motives, a private detective with his own eccentricities and assistant and lovely detailing of a Cotswold village and environs.

All seems to be progressing along familiar lines until Ms. Ryeland comes back into the narrative with the jarring detail that the last chapter telling “who done it” has gone missing. This revelation sets off an entirely different sequence of events further complicated by the fact that the mystery author has died under curious circumstances. Hmmm…

Stop the presses! We now have two mysteries. It seems that the second one will interfere with resolving the first, especially as there were a lot of reasons for the author to be done dirty. An added tidbit is the author’s penchant for puzzles and thin disguises borrowing from those around him for characters, locations and maybe motives used in his works.

And the fun gets romping as various clues and enigmas are exposed. They are entertaining; some may even cause you to laugh out loud. Shocking!

The author’s writing is rich in detail and description making the read engaging and comfortable. Horowitz offers some entertaining asides about popular British detective personas such as Morse and the Midsommer Murders folks but strictly as references since the framework of the book is set in today’s publishing world.

You may or may not want to match wits with the plotting. I, for one, was quite happy to go along for the ride. Such a pleasure to discover a writer well grounded in the tradition of his genre!
Picture a book as a Russian Matryoshka doll. The plot is layered; take one part away and another springs into sight. The reader might never get down to the core - or the smallest doll - of the book. And that's a perfect way to describe British author Anthony Horowitz's mystery novel, "Magpie Murders". Horowitz is a prolific writer but he mostly seems to write fantasy and adventure novels, which are not what I read. With "Magpie Murders", he writes a perfect murder mystery which kept me entertained for the three days it took to read.

"Magpie Murders" is set in both current-day and 1955 London, as well as a small town near Bath. Two murders occur in the small town and famous detective Atticus Pund becomes involved in figuring out the case. He comes to the village and begins his investigation. THIS is the plot in a book written by author Alan Conway. The book is the ninth in the "Pund" series and Susan Ryeland, Conway's editor at his London publisher, Cloverleaf Books. The reader begins the journey into the Russian dolls by reading Alan Conway's novel. But the ending of the book is literally missing and when Ryeland tries to piece together the novel, the other dolls begin to show themselves. Anthony Horowitz writes ALL his voices with a firm, yet clever hand. For some reason, the reader keeps the places, plot points, and characters separate, even as the book turns into another book, and turns yet again. Horowitz has the last word in his novel.

I've read very few novels as cleverly plotted as this one. It's a delightful book and I can heartily recommend it.
I thought this was a really fun, really intriguing mystery--or rather, two mysteries in one. This was the first time I had read anything by Anthony Horowitz and it won't be my last.

We have an old-fashioned, well-written who-done-it manuscript dropped off by a famous writer, only the last chapters are missing. So then we need to find out what happened to the chapters and solve the mystery in the book, but while doing that the main character becomes convinced that the author was murdered.

I thought both mysteries were well-thought out and very clever. I'm not sure why some reviewers disliked it--I thought it was a great read.