{"product_id":"the-word-is-murder","title":"The Word Is Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the most entertaining mysteries of the year. It's also one of the most stimulating, as it ponders such questions as: Which is of greater interest to the reader, the crime or the detective? And: Is the pencil truly mightier than the butcher knife?\" -- \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMoriarty\u003c\/em\u003e, Anthony Horowitz has yet again brilliantly reinvented the classic crime novel, this time writing a fictional version of himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman crosses a London street. It is just after 11 a.m. on a bright spring morning, and she is going into a funeral parlor to plan her own service. Six hours later the woman is dead, strangled with a crimson curtain cord in her own home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric man as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. And Hawthorne has a partner, the celebrated novelist Anthony Horowitz, curious about the case and looking for new material. As brusque, impatient, and annoying as Hawthorne can be, Horowitz--a seasoned hand when it comes to crime stories--suspects the detective may be on to something, and is irresistibly drawn into the mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the case unfolds, Horowitz realizes that he's at the center of a story he can't control, and his brilliant partner may be hiding dark and mysterious secrets of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53661228433774,"sku":"9780062676801","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_b9913245-2f03-4b32-ae7a-83cbe1dbc988.jpg?v=1776952160","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/the-word-is-murder","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}