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Anthony Horowitz, The Sentence is Death

Amazon   This is the second installment in Anthony Horowitz’s delightful series of literary whodunits. The author (who is real) blends reality and fiction by injecting himself into the story as a Watson-like character, the somewhat bumbling sidekick of a brilliant detective, disgraced former policeman Daniel Hawthorne (who is fictional). Together, they investigate unusual crimes, with Horowitz taking notes and working on the very book that we're reading. This time around, the crime that warrants chronicling is the murder by wine bottle of a prominent divorce attorney. The mystery is compelling, but it's the relationship between Hawthorne and Horowitz that is most appealing. It’s great to watch as the author slowly uncovers more personal information about his enigmatic and cantankerous partner. This series is a lot of fun.