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A Line to Kill

Hawthorne, Book 3

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A Line to Kill

By: Anthony Horowitz
Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

Featuring an exclusive Q&A between Anthony Horowitz and Adam Hamdy.

I couldn't see the sea from my bedroom, but I could hear the waves breaking in the distance. They reminded me that I was on a tiny island. And I was trapped.

There has never been a murder on Alderney.

It's a tiny island, just three miles long and a mile and a half wide. The perfect location for a brand-new literary festival. Private investigator Daniel Hawthorne has been invited to talk about his new book. The writer, Anthony Horowitz, travels with him.

Very soon they discover that not all is as it should be. Alderney is in turmoil over a planned power line that will cut through it, desecrating a war cemetery and turning neighbour against neighbour.

The visiting authors - including a blind medium, a French performance poet and a celebrity chef - seem to be harbouring any number of unpleasant secrets.

When the festival's wealthy sponsor is found brutally killed, Alderney goes into lockdown and Hawthorne knows that he doesn't have to look too far for suspects.

There's no escape. The killer is still on the island. And there's about to be a second death....

©2021 Anthony Horowitz (P)2021 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Private Investigators Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Funny

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I so enjoyed this book, such an odd setting. I have now looked at taking a holiday in Alderney. The characters, each and everyone so interesting. Thank you, I look forward to the next one. Rory Kinnear wonderful voice wonderful acting.

Wonderful story telling.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this 3rd book in the series, and look forward to the next. A very easy listen, thanks both to the writing and the wonderful performance by Rory Kinnear.

Brilliant performance, excellent story.

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Great performance and plot. Loved the interview with the author at the end. A thoroughly enjoyable read

Excellent

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I have enjoyed all three Hawthorne novels very much, but this is the best so far in my opinion! Horowitz deftly pulls off the trick of including himself in the story and writing in the first person, without this ever being a distraction. The narrator does a good job, although I had imagined that Hawthorne's Northern accent had perhaps been hybridised from living and working in London when I read (rather than listened) to the previous books. Anyway, this is just my foible. I happily recommend this book, especially to Horowitz fans.

My favourite Hawthorne story so far.

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The superstar writer Anthony Horowitz is more than a marvel, the third book in his ‘Hawthorne Investigates’ series has that same ingenuous quality of the first two. The foul deeds of the plausible miscreants, or simply their human frailties, are ruthlessly unpeeled leaving them all naked in their shame. Hawthorn deals with the murderer and those who might have participated in the victim’s violent death in the same passionately dispassionate manner. The pace is fast yet I do not feel hurried, and the wonderful reveals leave this reader amazed at the author’s inventive genius. I feel quite sure that Mephistophelean pacts play no part in Horowitz’s creative genius, it leaves the only conclusion possible. Horowitz does it better. I love the hilarious deadpan put downs the Horowitz character receives from the brilliant former police detective. I know I can hardly wait for the next book in the series, they are (sorry Anthony please forgive the clichéd non word) ‘unputdownable.’ Leonie Frieda

ANTHONY HOROWITZ DELIVERS AGAIN

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Thoroughly enjoyed this. Was a great listen while driving to Scotland and back.

The story is great, lots of little clues and pointers along the way that become something of an ‘aha’ later on.

I hope the series continues as quite taken with Hawthorne as a character.

Great listen

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Not only was this yet another brilliant Tony / Hawthorn mystery but the interview with Anthony Horowitz at the end was fantastic! Knowing that is is set to be the third in a series of ten or eleven books is wonderful. I do hope Rory Kinnear will also sign on for the series, his narration is marvellous!

Bonus at the end!

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A nice twist having the author in his own book!! I felt the criticism of Rory Kinnear’s narration by some listeners a bit harsh and I personally enjoyed it

Enjoyable

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Loved the story and Rory Kinnear's narration and depiction of the characters, you could just visualise them... a joyous listen!

Great listen!

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Rory Kinnear nails it again, very enjoyable performance and entertaining story. Horowitz knows this genre inside and out and it shows.

Enjoyable whodunnit

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