Maura (maura853) - , reviewed on 10/6/2018 + 542 more book reviews

Engaging enough, but creaks a bit, as Horowitz tries too hard to be "clever-clever" (where, I felt, he succeeded effortlessly with the meta-narrative in his previous adult mystery, Magpie Murders), and establish his Daniel Hawthorne "brand" for the inevitable sequels. For me, Hawthorne seemed like a too-neatly wrapped parcel of quirks, rather than a real character. And don't get me started about the device of making the character of one "Anthony Horowitz".....

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