Happy Enemies to Join Forces to Solve a Brutal Murder Case!

A critically criticized thriller stage play, two happy enemies who break up at any time, and three interlocking murder cases. The new bestseller from Anthony Horowitz, author of "The Magpie Murders" and winner of the 2024 Library Dagger Award. After writing three consecutive works in the "Hawthorne Detective" series, detective novelist Anthony Horowitz had enough and decided to end his cooperation with former detective Hawthorne. The truth is, he was planning other projects. His new stage thriller, Mind Games, is about to open at the Vaudeville Theater in London's West End. The play was severely criticized by Sunday Times critic Harriet Throthby. The next day, Slothoby was stabbed in the heart with an ornamental dagger. Police confirmed the dagger belonged to Anthony because it was covered with his fingerprints. As a result, Anthony is feared for his future and his writing career when he is arrested and thrown into prison by his nemesis, Inspector Carla Grunshaw, the prime suspect in the Slothorby murders. When a second theater critic is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Anthony thinks he's finished. Even more desperate, he realizes there is only one person who can help him. However, will Hawthorne answer the call? The fourth volume of "The Hawthorne Detectives" is a must-have for drama fans, SD (StageDoor) social guide, revealing the fashionable things in the West End! Watch as Horowitz and Hawthorne, the happy enemies, continue to "love and kill each other"!

The annual recommended book of British crime novels, the latest work of Anthony Horowitz, author of "The Magpie Murders"! A quiet island where no murder has ever occurred, two sudden and brutal murders, and twelve suspects with their own agendas! Alderney is an isolated island where private detectives and crime fiction writers are invited to participate in a literary festival to promote their new books. But not long after, the two discovered that this seemingly peaceful island hid a strong malicious intent: a cable connecting Britain and France would pass through the island. It would dig up the cemetery on the island, disturb the souls of the dead who were murdered during the Nazi period, and turn the island residents against each other, making the entire island restless. And the authors who participated in the literary festival seemed to have unknown pasts... When the patron of the literary festival was brutally murdered, the island was completely sealed off. The murderer is still on the island, and the second murder is about to happen...

Not long after the famous novelist Anthony Horowitz finished the draft of "House of Silk", a new job suddenly came to his door. It was difficult to make money in the detective industry these days, so Hawthorne commissioned him to write a novel about the case he was investigating, splitting it 50-50. Horowitz was hesitant: Hawthorne was strange and a bit annoying. He wanted to include himself in the novel without revealing any personal information at all. How does this create a character? This is a detective novel. Without a good detective, no one would read it! Hawthorne shook his head: "I disagree. The key word is murder. That's the point." Then he revealed the mystery: One sunny morning, the famous actor's mother arranged a funeral for herself, and then that night she was attacked and died at home. Is this a coincidence? Impossible! But who could be the murderer and why should he kill her? Horowitz was curious.

A famous divorce lawyer was killed tragically in his home. The murder weapon was an expensive bottle of red wine worth 2,000 pounds. Three numbers were left on the wall at the death scene: 182. Before the previous book was published, Hawthorne approached Horowitz with a case that was very similar to what would appear in the BBC TV series "Sherlock." The two began a twists and turns of investigation again. Horowitz encountered many setbacks during this period, such as the script being rejected, the filming of the TV series being behind schedule, bad weather, being framed, having to become Watson (he clearly wanted to be a detective), and other (more popular) writers. At the same time, there are more and more mysteries surrounding Hawthorne, which are even more complicated than the case. Horowitz faced his notebook and racked his brains: a bottle of sky-high price of red wine, a death message, a scandal, a past event, and two best-selling authors. What is the connection between all this?

Continuing the plot of the previous work "The Magpie Murders", editor Susan Ryland escaped death and moved to a Greek island with her long-term boyfriend to run a family hotel on the island. But life has turned from the beauty in her imagination into a mess in reality - everything in the hotel on the island makes her exhausted. Susan began to miss her career as a publisher in London, even though her publishing career had put her in mortal danger. One day, two unexpected guests arrived, breaking Susan's peaceful and boring life. A couple from England approached her about a murder that had occurred in the hotel they owned on the day of their daughter Cecily's wedding. Susan couldn't help but be fascinated by it. They claimed that Cecily disappeared mysteriously a few hours after reading "Atticus Pound Comes to Solve the Case" (a crime novel written by Alan Conway and edited and published by Susan a few years ago). In order to save Cecily, Susan knows she must return to London and find out the truth. Opening "Atticus Pound to Solve the Case" again, Susan seemed to see the ghost of Alan Conway appearing in front of her. The murder in the hotel and the mystery of Cecily's disappearance must be hidden in this novel...

The British drama of the same name will be broadcast on February 10, 2022. Unprecedented, it swept across Japan's five major mystery lists, ranking No. 1 In all of them with an absolute advantage. When editor Susan Ryland got a first draft of Alan Conway's latest novel, she could never have imagined that it would be unlike any of his other works. After years of working with the best-selling crime author, she knew his detective Atticus Pound inside out. Pound solved many mysteries surrounding English villages. An homage to classic British detective novels such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Conway's traditional writing style is a huge success; while Susan must continue to put up with his annoying behavior in order to keep her job. In Conway's new novel, Atticus Pound arrives at Pye House, a country estate, to investigate a murder. Yes, there are dead bodies and plenty of suspects with their own agendas. But as she read more, Susan became more and more convinced that there was another story hidden behind the manuscript: a true story of jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.

"The Overboard": Gold medal lawyer Qiao Shaoting is an "undefeated legend" in the Tianjin and Hong Kong legal circles. He has his own unique case-handling methods and code of conduct. While representing a "bizarre case without a corpse", his friend died in the car, and he was framed as a criminal suspect. He was imprisoned in a detention center, his lawyer's license was temporarily suspended, he owed huge debts, and fell into the darkest moment of his life. However, in the face of numerous crises, he still persisted in investigating the truth of the case at all costs, and partnered with the outstanding young lawyer Xiao Zhen to follow up on the death penalty review of the case. Qiao Shaoting's investigation this time also brought to light the undercurrents of Jinfu and Dezhi law firms in Tianjin and Hong Kong... "Blind Spot": Judge Lu Nan went to Nanjin to review the death penalty of a "bizarre massacre of corpses" nine years ago. During his investigation, he discovered that this seemed to be inextricably linked to the "Chen Man Gang Smuggling Case." In order to find the truth as soon as possible, Lunan and Qiao Shaoting in Tianjin and Hong Kong joined forces to race against time to pursue and intercept, hoping to overcome many crises with their respective "extreme operations".

[Mystery on the beach in Shanghai, two heroes solve strange cases] A floating corpse was discovered in the Huangpu River, which actually led to an even bigger mystery. At this time, the key figure in the mystery was killed in the secret room! Lu Qiming, a down-and-out detective who lost his wife and daughter, was accidentally involved in a murder case while investigating the disappearance of the Green Gang boss, and was wrongfully imprisoned. Ye Xiong, a French Concession detective who hates evil, rescued his former comrade Lu Qiming while investigating the floating corpse case. The two teamed up to track down clues and solved two secret room murder cases. As the fog gradually breaks, a terrifying and cruel truth is revealed...

A sharp-tongued, rule-abiding conspiracy mastermind x a careless maid who claims to be the reincarnation of a famous detective. The "murder plan" without the deceased, the "Jiujiao Pavilion" on the isolated island, the triple reversal, the overly concentrated true soul! Nesara Kazuki is an ardent fan of the late famous mystery novelist Hoarsha, and claims to be the reincarnation of the famous detective Oirase Ryuusei. She currently works as a maid at the Phoenix Hall, the memorial hall of Hougasha. However, everyone in the Feng family seems to be at odds with each other, and the four children have a grudge against each other. The eldest son Chun Mo finds the conspirator Jackal and attempts to kill his sister Bai Xue. In order to prevent it, Feng Ga persuades Jackal to implement a new plan that does not require actual killing. However, on the day of the operation, accidents occurred frequently, and people were actually killed one after another...

It was obviously a shadow of loneliness, it was obviously full of happiness, but it was pushed away by someone... We obviously know him, and our lives are like the first time we met, but love and hate are entangled... What you loved and hated will eventually be destroyed into ashes. ＋＋＋＋＋＋＋ My brother is my only relative in the world, but he died... I want revenge! Whoever stretches out his claws, I will pierce his heart with a sharp sword! Occasionally I think of how good my brother is... Occasionally I think that this is just a conspiracy... And I'm just a pawn in my brother's heart ＋＋＋＋＋＋＋ love... It can make people drunk and dream to death, or it can make people miserable! They laugh at me for being crazy, but actually they just don't understand my heart; They say they love me, but in fact they are just confused...