Moonflower Murders
Magpie Murders, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Lesley Manville
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Allan Corduner
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By:
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Anthony Horowitz
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Now a major BBC series starring Lesley Manville
Featuring his famous literary Detective Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland, hero of the worldwide best seller Magpie Murders, a brilliantly brain-teasing literary thriller by Anthony Horowitz. The follow-up to Magpie Murders.
Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is living the good life. She is running a small hotel on a Greek island with her long-term boyfriend, Andreas. It should be everything she's always wanted - but is it? She's exhausted with the responsibilities of making everything work on an island where nothing ever does, and truth be told she's beginning to miss her old life in London.
And then a couple - the Trehearnes - come to stay, and the story they tell about an unfortunate murder that took place on the same day and in the same hotel in which their daughter was married is such a strange and mysterious one that Susan finds herself increasingly fascinated by it. And when the Trehearnes tell her that their daughter is now missing, Susan knows that she must return to London and find out what really happened....
©2020 Anthony Horowitz (P)2020 Penguin Audio
Critic reviews
My only complaint is that the Author does tend to drag out some scenes. However still a very worthwhile read.
An excellent tale
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I thought it was a bit convoluted at times and a little hard to follow. still not sure I 'got' or understood the clues in the Atticus book and I don't want to publish any soilers, but would be good to hear if anyone else believed the clues or thought they were contrived....
good but sometimes a little hard to follow
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There are 3 mysteries contained in the book, 2 within Atticus Punt Takes the Case, the ‘novel-within-the-novel’ plus the overarching one that Susan, the ex-editor for the writer Alan Conway, is called in to solve. Each is masterfully crafted, ingenious & fun to try and solve. I got there with one of them, but failed on the others!
A distinct flavour is produced by the dual narration. Initially I became a little irritated by Susan (the reason for 4 stars) and her criticism of the way people she met spoke when she seemed to be doing the same....but eventually I grew to admire Lesley Manville’s ability to speak as a wide variety of characters in numerous accents. Alan Corduner is fabulous as Atticus Pund.
The humour in the book had me giggling to myself as I listened on numerous dog walks; plays on words, in-jokes about the various stories within the book etc. I don’t want to give any spoilers! The characterization was fabulous and despite not meeting or hardly meeting some of the characters, I was left with clear pictures of them.
A clever, entertaining, humorous book read well.
3 for the price of 1
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Oh My Goodness!
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Really Good
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