Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Hardback book)

From the global bestselling author of Magpie Murders comes a sequel every bit as fiendishly clever and compulsively readable as its predecessor. Moonflower Murders reunites us with Susan Ryeland — former editor, reluctant detective — who is living quietly in Crete when a couple arrive with a troubling request. A murder was committed at their Suffolk hotel eight years ago, a man was convicted, but their daughter has since disappeared, and they believe that a novel she was reading holds the key to both mysteries. What follows is Anthony Horowitz at his most brilliantly playful — a story within a story, twin mysteries that mirror and illuminate each other, and a puzzle that demands the reader’s full attention right to the final, perfectly engineered revelation. Horowitz is without doubt the finest constructor of the classic British mystery working today, and Moonflower Murders is a magnificent achievement.