"The writer, who won the Order of the British Empire for his literary writings, that morning, she arranged her own funeral service, and just six hours later, she was murdered! In this masterfully woven detective novel, bestselling author Anthony Horowitz is thrust into the heart of a real-life murder investigation... but it's not quite real; or is it? When eccentric ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne makes Horowitz an irresistible offer to write about the potentially best-selling crime, the author reluctantly agrees. But dealing with Hawthorne isn't easy at all; as the investigation deepens, Horowitz finds himself drawn into a terrifying web of secrets, lies, and long-buried grudges. The murder of a seemingly ordinary woman leads him to an extraordinary revelation, and the writer begins to wonder: is he just a chronicler... or has he become part of it? "The Word is Murder" is a unique model of the modern detective novel. With sharp dialogue and a masterful narrative rhythm, it reframes the mystery of "Who did it?" with a modern twist. It's a novel that will captivate you from the first line and keep you glued until the last word.