Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this. Horowitz, creator of Alex Rider, Foyles’ War and original adaptor of Caroline Graham’s novels for the tv series Midsomer Murders, has fun with the crime genre in this novel within a novel. The narrative opens in the first-person as Susan Ryeland book editor introduces the novel which changed her life. The novel in question is one written by the company’s best-selling author of a golden age style crime series which she reads to discover that the final chapter/denouement is missing. She turns into a detective herself as she tries to find the missing pages in the light of the death of the author.
An enjoyable look at the crime fiction genre and playing with the narrative.