{"product_id":"a-deadly-episode-9780063305748","title":"A Deadly Episode","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey're making a major feature film of the first Hawthorne\/Horowitz mystery novel. Except--they're behind schedule, they've run out of money and . . . oh! The star has just been murdered.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEx-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne is dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr, rather, the actor playing him in the film adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Word is Murder\u003c\/i\u003e is. Rising star David Caine has been stabbed, and it seems that everyone on the set had a motive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaine had just fired his PA. He had fallen out with his director, slept with the screenwriter, humiliated his co-star and dropped his agent days before he was about to sign a multi-million-dollar deal to appear in the next \u003ci\u003eSpider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e movie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what if Caine's murderer had made a mistake? What if it was the real Hawthorne who was the intended victim? For it turns out that the brilliant detective may have got it wrong ten years earlier. An innocent man has died in jail. And perhaps someone has decided that Hawthorne must pay the price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the film set on the south coast of England, the story moves to Reeth, in Yorkshire, the village where Hawthorne grew up. A burned-down school, a car accident that isn't what it seems, blackmail and murder in an Elizabethan country house . . . somehow they combine to unlock the secret of what has happened in Hastings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor once, the local police are helpful. DS Sarah Milnes gives Hawthorne carte blanche to investigate and there may even be a hint of romance in the air. Which leaves his hapless sidekick, Horowitz, on his own, stumbling his way to the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, \u003ci\u003eA Deadly Episode \u003c\/i\u003eis an intriguing page-turner that once again demonstrates why Anthony Horowitz is the reigning king of the modern whodunit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Horowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063305748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorowitz, Anthony:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANTHONY HOROWITZ\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the UK's most prolific and successful writers, unique in being active in both adult and YA fiction, TV, theatre, and journalism. Several of his novels have been instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. His Alex Rider spy series for young adults has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide and has become a hugely successful show on Amazon Prime Video. \u003ci\u003eMarble Hall Murders\u003c\/i\u003e, the third part of his Susan Ryeland series, has just been filmed for PBS. He lives in London and was recently awarded the CBE for services to literature. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Anthony Horowitz \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47897101435037,"sku":"9780063305748","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_27504ad2-e117-403c-8603-9d27c2625425.jpg?v=1778001929","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-deadly-episode-9780063305748","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}