![]() In addition to referencing Christie mysteries like 4:50 From Paddington, Horowitz name-drops his own oeuvre: “I thought it sounded too much like Midsomer Murders,” says one character of the manuscript’s title. The novel within the novel, also titled Magpie Murders, has all the fixings of a murder in the English countryside, with a fussy detective, a daft sidekick, a meddling busybody, a peculiar vicar and a bombastic aristocrat. As a Christie disciple, he is near equal to his master. Much like his character Alan, he is both prolific and a bona fide student of the golden age of detective fiction - and his knowledge shines through in this book, which is catnip for classic mystery lovers. ![]() ![]() In addition to creating the popular British detective shows Midsomer Murders and Foyle’s War, he has written screenplays for the Poirot TV series, a James Bond novel commissioned by the Ian Fleming estate and a number of successful YA thrillers. ![]() Horowitz has spent a long career thinking up suspense stories in the vein of the genre’s greats. ![]()
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