From the bestselling author Anthony Horowitz comes a new crime novel in the bestsellingMagpie Murdersseries, in which editor Susan Ryeland must uncover the clues in an Atticus Pnd mystery to solve a murder.*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**NOW TO BE A MAJOR BBC SERIES STARRING LESLEY MANVILLE*’A masterclass in mystery writingRagnar Jnasson’Expect plenty of puzzles, red herrings and juicy murders’Express’Horowitz is a genius’Terry Deary______________Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder.Shes edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pnd, and both times shes come close to being killed. Now shes back in England and shes been persuaded to work on a third.The new continuation novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace who was the biggest selling childrens author in the world until her death exactly twenty years ago.Eliot believes that Miriam was deliberately poisoned. And when he tells Susan that he has hidden the identity of Miriams killer inside his book, Susan knows shes in trouble once again.As Susan works on Pnds Last Case, a story set in an exotic villa in the South of France, she uncovers more and more parallels between the past and the present, the fictional and the real world until suddenly she finds that she has become a target herself.It seems that someone in Eliots family doesnt want the book to be written. And they will do anything to prevent it.An escapist mystery and fiendishly clever whodunnit,Marble Hall Murdersisperfect for fans of Agatha Christie’sMiss MarpleandHercule Poirot.______________Praise forMarble Hall Murders:’Diabolically clever’New York TimesAnexcellent whodunnit 5-star reader review’The computer isnt born that can out-plot HorowitzThe Daily Telegraph’Worthy of Agatha Christie’Publishers Weekly,Starred ReviewAmust-read! 5-star reader review'[A]page-turner of a puzzle’Washington Post’Horowitz isone of the great masters of the contemporary page turner Andrew Marr’Anthony Horowitz isone of my all-time favourite authors.Marble Hall Murdersisa beautiful read’Ryan TubridyAbsolutelybrilliant! 5-star reader reviewSmart,gorgeously writtenandcompelling 5-star reader review