{"product_id":"magpie-murders-a-novel-isbn-9780063036673","title":"Magpie Murders: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e is a double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don’t often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers.\" --Janet Maslin\u003cem\u003e, The New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBestseller | #1 Indie Next Pick | NPR Best Book of 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e| Amazon Best Book of 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e| \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Best Book of 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e| \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBest Book of 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMoriarty\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTrigger Mortis\u003c\/em\u003e, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConway’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasterful, clever, and relentlessly suspenseful, \u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e is a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction in which the reader becomes the detective.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“An extravagant circus of a novel, part high-wire act, part funhouse mirror. Intricate, bold, stone-cold clever— both comfortably old-fashioned and thrillingly new.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Superbly written, with great suspects, a perfect period feel, and a cracking reveal at the end.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e is an ingenious, twisting tribute to the sleepy English countryside murder and will thoroughly entertain readers of old fashioned detective thrillers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e is a double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don’t often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet Maslin, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Each of the narratives in \u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e is engaging and fluid, each with its own charm, though Horowitz’s joyful act of Christie ventriloquism is, in particular, spectacularly impressive.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Horowitz..has devised an ingenious whodunit within a whodunit, a metamystery with Agatha Christie roots.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A perfect summer read from the author of \u003cem\u003eMoriarty\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAARP Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An ingenious funhouse mirror of a novel sets a vintage ‘cozy’ mystery inside a modern frame.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Anthony Horowitz’s \u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e is catnip for classic mystery lovers… With its elegant yet playful plotting, \u003cem\u003eMagpie Murders\u003c\/em\u003e is the thinking mystery fan’s ideal summer thriller.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Doubly Devilish.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant. 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