Narrated by Samantha Bond
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""A double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don’t often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers."" —Janet Maslin, New York Times
New York Times Bestseller | Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Novel | NPR Best Book of the Year | Washington Post Best Book of the Year | Esquire Best Book of the Year
From the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery.
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she’s intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan’s traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job.
Conway’s latest tale has Atticus Pünd investigating a murder at Pye Hall, a local manor house. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but the more Susan reads, the more she’s convinced that there is another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript: one of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.
Masterful, clever, and relentlessly suspenseful, Magpie Murders is a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction in which the reader becomes the detective.
Erica
2024-11-14
Horowitz visar varje gång vilken otrolig författare han är, ännu mer i denna där det är om just författare och med så många parallella historier som knyts ihop sömlöst
Anonymous
2024-08-20
Annorlunda upplägg på en deckare. Om man är trött på det vanliga upplägget med detektiv som löser mordgåta och presenterar lösningen i slutet så är detta en frisk fläkt.
Jessica
2023-06-29
Antagligen en jättebra pusseldeckare à la Agatha Christie, men på tok för lång, i alla fall för mig. Jag ledsnade ganska ofta och tyckte den med jämna mellanrum var allmänt ointressant, men fortsatte lyssna ändå. Men nu ger jag upp, trots att det "bara" är knappt 3 h kvar 🙈
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