{"product_id":"9781529904321","title":"A Deadly Episode","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Horowitz, Anthony \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFilms, cinema\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 April 2026 by Cornerstone (Century) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e163 x 242 x 35 | 596g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* AVAILABLE ONLY WHILE STOCKS LAST – THE SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION: features a gold foiled design underneath the dust jacket and is exclusive to the first print run in the UK only *From the globally bestselling author of Close to Death comes an unputdownable new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Easily the greatest of our crime writers’ Sunday Times'Nobody does this crime fiction better than Anthony Horowitz’ Crime Time FM'Five-star entertainment’ The Times-----------The Word is Murder, the first book in the Hawthorne series, is being made into a major feature film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe actors have been cast, the script written, and filming has already started in Hastings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Hawthorne and Anthony visit the set, they find a far from happy family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe director’s pretentious, the screenwriter’s an eco-warrior, the two stars hate each other, and the producer has run out of money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd things are about to get much, much worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the middle of shooting, the actor playing Hawthorne is stabbed – which leaves the real Hawthorne with no choice. He has to step in and investigate his own murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the killer may not have got the right man. Was it Hawthorne himself who was meant to be the target?A Deadly Episode is a wild ride through a world that the author knows only too well, and the most personal case Hawthorne has had to deal with so far.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-----------Praise for A Deadly Episode . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Clever and playful, this is meta-mystery at its best.’ iPaper'Another winner' Financial Times'Perfect for Agatha Christie fans' Hello!'The perfect whodunnit' 5-star reader review'A brilliant writer' Sunday Independent'A very entertaining instalment to this fabulous series' 5-star reader review'A pacy and entertaining mystery that I loved from start to finish' 5-star reader review'A roller coaster of red herrings' 5-star reader review'Full of humour, twists and red herrings' 5-star reader review'Exceedingly brilliant' 5-star reader review‘Delightful’ Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58179231252861,"sku":"9781529904321","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781529904321.jpg?v=1778955768","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9781529904321","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}