{"product_id":"the-word-is-murder-9780062676801","title":"The Word Is Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anthony Horowitz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective - Amateur Sleuth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman crosses a London street.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is just after 11 a.m. on a bright spring morning, and she is going into a funeral parlor to plan her own service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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. But as the case unfolds, Horowitz realizes he's at the center of a story he can't control . . . and that his brilliant partner may be hiding dark and mysterious secrets of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful and tricky mystery that operates at many levels, \u003cem\u003eThe Word Is Murder\u003c\/em\u003e is Anthony Horowitz at his very best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45118006296727,"sku":"9780062676801","price":1317.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780062676801.webp?v=1767900990","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-word-is-murder-9780062676801","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}