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 modern-day 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 Pünd, who solves 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 Pünd 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 there is another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript: 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.
HOROWITZ ANTHONY
Anthony Horowitz nació el 5 de abril de 1955 en Stanmore, Middlesex, Reino Unido. Desde joven mostró interés por la escritura, influenciado por su madre, quien le regaló libros clásicos como Frankenstein y Drácula. Estudió en la Universidad de York, donde se graduó en literatura inglesa. Es autor de más de cincuenta libros, destacándose por sus series juveniles como Alex Rider, The Power of Five y The Diamond Brothers. También ha trabajado como guionista en televisión, siendo responsable de series como Foyle's War y Midsomer Murders. Ha adaptado obras de Agatha Christie y escrito novelas de Sherlock Holmes por encargo del Conan Doyle Estate. Su estilo combina misterio, aventura y fantasía, y ha sido reconocido con múltiples premios literarios.
