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From bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz, comes a new novel in the bestselling Magpie Murders series in which editor, Susan Ryeland, uncovers the clues in an Atticus Pund mystery to solve a murder.

‘A masterclass in mystery writing’ Ragnar Jonasson
‘Expect plenty of puzzles, red herrings and juicy murders’ Express
‘Horowitz is a genius’ Terry Deary

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Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder.

She’s edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pund, and both times she’s come close to being killed. Now she’s back in England and she’s been persuaded to work on a third.

The new ‘continuation’ novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace who was the biggest selling children’s author in the world until her death exactly twenty years ago.

Eliot believes that Miriam was deliberately poisoned. And when he tells Susan that he has hidden the identity of Miriam’s killer inside his book, Susan knows she’s in trouble once again.

As Susan works on Pund’s Last Case, a story set in an exotic villa in the South of France, she uncovers more and more parallels between the past and the present, the fictional and the real world – until suddenly she finds that she has become a target herself.

It seems that someone in Eliot’s family doesn’t want the book to be written. And they will do anything to prevent it.

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More love for Marble Hall Murders:

‘Diabolically clever’ New York Times

‘The computer isn’t born that can out-plot Horowitz’ The Daily Telegraph

‘Worthy of Agatha Christie’ Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

‘[A] page-turner of a puzzle’ Washington Post

‘Horowitz is one of the great masters of the contemporary page turner’ Andrew Marr

‘Anthony Horowitz is one of my all-time favourite authors. Marble Hall Murders is a beautiful read’ Ryan Tubridy

Readers love Marble Hall Murders:

‘A must-read!’ 5-star reader review

‘One of the top crime books of 2025’ 5-star reader review

‘Absolutely brilliant!’ 5-star reader review

‘Smart, gorgeously written and compelling’ 5-star reader review

‘An excellent whodunnit’ 5-star reader review

‘Absolute perfection’ 5-star reader review

Publisher Review

An absolutely wonderful writer * Richard Osman * A masterclass in mystery writing. * Ragnar Jonasson * Horowitz pushes back the boundaries of ‘plot structure’ – he creates a book within a book where the narrative and the characters of each one are cleverly mirrored. He’s a genius * Terry Deary * Anthony Horowitz is one of my all-time favourite authors. Marble Hall Murders is a beautiful read and we are all in for a real treat * Ryan Tubridy * Diabolically clever . . . . Horowitz’s multilevel romp . . . serves up an elegant plot while lampooning writers, publishers, murderers, rich people and golden-age mystery stories. It’s a cliche to describe prolific authors as being at the top of their game (and often seems to suggest the opposite), but it’s true here. Marble Hall Murders is as cunning a mystery as you’ll read all year. * New York Times * Anthony Horowitz is one of the great masters of the contemporary page turner * Andrew Marr * Glorious fun * The Daily Telegraph * Plenty of puzzles, red herrings and juicy murders * Daily Express * Horowitz offers readers another page-turner of a puzzle, once again cleverly told as a story within a story * Washington Post * The dividing lines between reality and fiction (a Horowitz trademark) are deliciously intertwined. * Financial Times *