Close to Death: Signed Edition
Hardback Published on: 11/04/2024
Price: £22.00
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Goes From Strength To Strength!
Anthony Horowitz easily proves himself to be the master of crime fiction as he delivers another winning installment in his Hawthorne and Horowitz series wh... READ MORE
A different angle
A different angle
This is the 5th book in the very meta Hawthorne/Horowitz series and to be honest at first I didn't like it. It is slightly different ... READ MORE
Another fabulous book in this wonderful series
Close to Death is the fifth instalment in the wonderful Hawthorne series and it did not disappoint. It is incredibly well plotted, clever, gripping, playfu... READ MORE
Synopsis
From global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.
Richmond, London. Six attractive houses are tucked away in an exclusive and very upmarket gated community: Riverside Close. Surrounded by flowers and shrubbery, they're sealed off from the busy main road and the realities of urban life. At weekends, with the gate locked, the residents enjoy the sound of birdsong, the whirr of mowers, the occasional snatch of opera through an open window.
Everyone knows each other. Everyone gets on.
That is, until the Kenworthies arrive. With their four big gas-guzzling cars, their noisy children and their plans to build a swimming pool in their garden, they quickly offend every one of their neighbours.
When Charles Kenworthy is found dead on his porch, the bolt of a crossbow through his chest, Daniel Hawthorne is called in. But how do you solve a murder when everyone has the same motive?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Cornerstone
- ISBN: 2928377243104
- Number of pages: 432
- Dimensions: 242 x 163 x 38 mm
- Weight: 658g
- Languages: English
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Another unique and witty novel from a crime writing genius!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book just like I knew I would! This series is so unique for the way Horowitz fictionalises himself and how he (along with the rea... READ MORE
A fantastic contemporary homage to the golden age of crime – the best in the series yet!
Close to Death is quite different from the previous Hawthorne Investigates books and not just because this time around it is mainly set in the past, meanin... READ MORE
Enjoyed its tangled web
This is the first time I have read a book by Anthony Horowitz. Enjoyed its tangled web and use of a chess grandmaster as he key character acknowledging his... READ MORE
Suspects galore
Having read the last book in the Hawthorne Horowitz series I had a better understanding of the format of the book -so cleverly mixing reality with his fict... READ MORE
Anthony gets another case to solve from Inspector Hawthorne
This is the first Inspector Hawthorne book I have read and I loved reading this clever murder mystery. It is fabulous as a stand alone book.
What a gen... READ MORE
Brilliant addition to the series.
Having read the previous four books in the series, I was so pleased to read the new one. It is a very interesting premise, almost a double locked room myst... READ MORE
Enjoyable read
Another great read from Anthony Horowitz! You get two stories in this book, the one about the author, and the story he is writing. A very clever way to kee... READ MORE
Good addition to the series
I must admit this didn't grab me quite as much as the others I have read in this series, not quite sure why but maybe because Mr Horowitz took more of a ba... READ MORE
Another great Hawthorne book.
I have enjoyed the Hawthorne series and this book was a very good instalment in the series. A different take on the relationship between Horowitz and Hawth... READ MORE
Horowitz and Hawthorne still star despite slight change of format
4.5
Knocked off the half because the inimitable Mr Horowitz isn't in it as much as I'd like.
Close to Death is a slightly different Hawthorne & Horow... READ MORE
Another good story in this enjoyable series
I do enjoy this series from Anthony Horowitz. They always have a good blend of an easy to read murder mystery, but with skilful writing, a believable plot... READ MORE
Cold Case for Horowitz and Hawrhorne
Neighbours, as the song goes, can become good friends – or bitter enemies, of course. Bitter enough to shun, ignore, hate, sue – or kill? Extreme, perhap... READ MORE
It really did not "float my boat" and so this will likely be the last one in the series that I will read.
Having read Moonflower Murders, I was looking forward to reading Close to Death. Having now finished it, it really did not "float my boat" and so this will... READ MORE
Very Meta
I haven’t read an Anthony Horowitz book for a long time, I think the last one I read was Groosham Grange when I was a kid! I do however always think of him... READ MORE
Hawthorne and Horowitz
I'm a huge Anthony Horowitz fan, his books are just so flawless and effortless, I start reading and before I know I'm at the end. The best kind of read. I ... READ MORE
A knotty and entertaining locked room mystery
I've read all the books in this series so far and think this is every bit as good as all the others.The premise behind the series is that real-life author,... READ MORE
Close To The End ?
Somehow Anthony Horowitz has found another variation whereby he is involved as a character in the investigation of a murder. It follows the pattern of the ... READ MORE
A Series That Just Keeps On Getting Better and Better
I have thoroughly immersed myself in every book of the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. Every time I complete one, I am left thinking that bettering that ins... READ MORE
A genius whodunnit.
Riverview Close is a quiet gated community located in Richmond Upon Thames.
All the neighbours get on until the Kenworthy family move in and a murder happ... READ MORE
Easily my favourite read of 2024 so far
A resident of a gated community is murdered and police immediately turn to the neighbours that hated him. When they struggle to find answers, they seek the... READ MORE
Clever little update to the locked room
Pushed by his publisher to produce another 'Hawthorne' mystery, Anthony gets in touch with the man himself. Hawthorne is reluctant to get involved but all... READ MORE
A good solid mystery
I was sent a copy of Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz to read and review by NetGalley. This is another novel in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series and re... READ MORE
Another fabulous Hawthorne mystery
In Close to Death, the fifth novel in Anthony Horowitz’s “Hawthorne” series, we find ourselves in the intricacies of Riverview Close, a gated community in ... READ MORE
a great addition to the series
Another very clever addition to the Horowitz and Hawthorne collection. As ever the author plays with the fourth wall encouraging his readers to work out th... READ MORE
Horowitz delivers again
How do you determine the murderer when everyone has the same motive. Giles Kenworthy has been making his neighbours lives a nightmare and then he's dead. W... READ MORE
Close to Death
This is the 5th in this series and, for all the usual reasons, plus the fact that they are all cracking books, I will definitely recommend you go back and ... READ MORE
Who killed a reviled neighbour?
The “Close” in the title is a play on Riverview Close, an upmarket group of houses where everyone gets along. Until Giles Kenworthy and his family move in,... READ MORE
A good read!
A really enjoyable and easy to read murder mystery. I didn’t find it particularly thrilling or exciting but it certainly kept my attention. The plot was ... READ MORE
More please
Another great book in the Hawthorne series. Not my favourite as simply not enough of the narrator! A private close in Richmond where everyone has a motive.... READ MORE
Very clever mystery.
This is the fifth book in the Horowitz/ Hawthorne series and has to be one of the most complicated yet thrilling books I have read. Fictional Horowitz nee... READ MORE
Long may this series continue!
Close to Death is an excellent new addition to the Hawthorne & Horowitz series, where Horowitz sort-of appears as himself and teams up with the odd but bri... READ MORE
An Exciting Read
I haven't read any of the previous books in the series but this book is a good standalone .This is a very clever ,twisty and complicated plot set in up mar... READ MORE
A clever plot masterfully told
A small gated community is being inconvenienced by newcomers. Giles and Lynda Kenworthy moved into Riverview Lodge seven months earlier and since then have... READ MORE
Sheer genius
What an absolutely brilliant idea for a book. I absolutely loved it. Original, quirky, and I wasn’t quite sure if it was real. Such an incredible idea.Ant... READ MORE
Excellent!
An excellent series and cleverly written!
The way Horowitz inserts himself into the stories is ingenious.
This case is different because it’s from years... READ MORE
Never a dull moment
A 'locked room' mystery with a brilliant cast of characters it's another sure-fire winner for Horowitz! A slightly different style from the previous Hawth... READ MORE
Twisty brain teaser
Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Unlike recent Hawthorne books, this one opens with the description of a select close in Richmond, where a new neighb... READ MORE
Complex crime
This is the first Anthony Horowitz book I’ve read so I have to admit I found the format a little confusing initially however that’s not to say I didn’t rea... READ MORE
Another great read from a brilliant series
There is no doubting Anthony Horowitz's ability to produce the perfect criminal conundrum.
A cast of potential murderers all with hidden dark pasts; d... READ MORE
Crime Fiction
This is book five in the Hawthorne series. This case has already been decided but Hawthorne is called in to take a look at what he thinks is a murder case ... READ MORE
Funny and engaging thriller
Although this is the fifth in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, this was my first and will most definitely not be my last. It can be interesting to come i... READ MORE
Hugely Enjoyable
Another thoroughly enjoyable romp through the crime fiction genre for Anthony Horowitz in this next instalment of the Hawthorne series. I enjoy these parti... READ MORE