The Twist of a Knife: A Novel
Written by Anthony Horowitz
Narrated by Rory Kinnear
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About this audiobook
Narrated by Rory Kinnear
In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fourth literary whodunit following The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death, and A Line to Kill, Horowitz becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation—and only one man can prove his innocence: his newly estranged partner in solving crime, Detective Hawthorne.
“I’m sorry but the answer’s no.” Reluctant author, Anthony Horowitz, has had enough. He tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne that after three books he’s splitting and their deal is over.
The truth is that Anthony has other things on his mind.
His new play, a thriller called Mindgame, is about to open at the Vaudeville Theater in London’s West End. Not surprisingly, Hawthorne declines a ticket to the opening night.
The play is panned by the critics. In particular, Sunday Times critic Margaret Throsby gives it a savage review, focusing particularly on the writing. The next day, Throsby is stabbed in the heart with an ornamental dagger which turns out to belong to Anthony, and has his fingerprints all over it.
Anthony is arrested by an old enemy . . . Detective Inspector Cara Grunshaw. She still carries a grudge from her failure to solve the case described in the second Hawthorne adventure, The Sentence is Death, and blames Anthony. Now she’s out for revenge.
Thrown into prison and fearing for both his personal future and his writing career, Anthony is the prime suspect in Throsby’s murder and when a second theatre critic is found to have died in mysterious circumstances, the net closes in. Ever more desperate, he realizes that only one man can help him.
But will Hawthorne take the call?
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is one of the UK’s most prolific and successful writers, unique in being active in both adult and YA fiction, TV, theater, and journalism. Several of his previous novels were instant New York Times bestsellers. His bestselling Alex Rider series for young adults has sold more than nineteen million copies worldwide and has become a hugely successful show on Amazon Prime TV. His breakthrough murder mystery Magpie Murders was adapted into a miniseries for PBS. He lives in London with his wife and dog.
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Reviews for The Twist of a Knife
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Readers find this title to be a mixed bag. Some reviewers criticize the book for being a weak installment in the series and for imitating other authors. However, others express their love for the book, praising its creativity, cleverness, and humor. They appreciate the engaging writing style, well-defined characters, and well-constructed plots. Overall, readers enjoy the book and find it enjoyable to read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Weakest book in the series. And the author clearly rebels, in adopting the style of other, better known, authors. Here we have an Agatha, Christie parlor mystery. He does a workmanlike job of duplicating the format. But for me, Rita, Christie novel instead I still look forward to the next installment of the series. A few of which have been honestly innovative. To me, not this one.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'm so happy to know that this is not the end of this series, please keep it going, i really like both of the main characters, i feel familiar with them now, it hard to feel this way with other book series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love, love, love, this book! Creative, clever, funny, witty, and baffling! What a great mystery… You just have to love Anthony and Hawthorne.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoyed this book. It was well written and narrated.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was so clever. Although the reader is excellent and performs the novel quite well, this is a book to be read. Go back and reread before the reveal and the after the reveal. I love that he can write as different authors and the vocabulary and diction is varied. How very smart. Read it and enjoy!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anthony Horowitz is hands down my current favourite author. His writing style is engaging and he pulls you into his story from the very start. He creates brilliant characters that are well defined, complicated and interesting and his plots are well constructed and keep you wanting more - I'm unable to put his books down!