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Moonflower Murders
eBook - 2020
"Farlingaye Hall is a beautiful hotel in Suffolk on the east coast of England. Unfortunately, it is also the site of the brutal murder of Frank Parris, a retired advertising executive. Stefan Codrescu, a Romanian maintenance man, is arrested after police find blood spatter on his clothes and bed linen. He is found guilty and spends eight years in prison. It appears an open and shut case, but there is more than meets the eye. Alan Conway, the late author of the fictional Magpie Murders, knew Frank Parris and once visited Farlingaye Hall. Conway based Atticus Pund Takes the Cake, the third book in his detective series, on the hotel. Cecily Treherne, the daughter of the hotel owner, read the book and believes the truth of Stefan's innocence is found in its pages. But now...she has disappeared. Conway's former editor Susan Ryeland leaves her own hotel in Crete and travels to Suffolk to investigate the murder and Treherne's disappearance"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher:
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780062955470
0062955470
0062955470
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1 online resource
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Add a CommentI really don't like one story nested into another - why?...so I just went to the Atticus Pund murder . I did not know who killed the first person at Clarence Keep but I think it was obvious...there are clues...as to who killed the second person. Perhaps when I have more time, I'll go back to read the first story but maybe not. Not crazy about this author's style.
Not just one, but two fantastic mysteries!
The author is too clever for me. It's a novel about a murder that also has a novel about a murder nestled in between the pages at the half way mark. This second novel/novella is complete with cover image, Dedication, copyright info, reviewers' recommendation, list of characters, and, then, the murder mystery. The analysis by the "detective" of that content is to suggest a parallel - a clue - to the ongoing investigation. I, however, skipped that inserted novel as I was already having difficulty remembering the characters and their associations in the story that had started on page 1. The author inserts emails, Face time, letters, telephone conversations which may appeal to readers wanting a less traditional approach to a murder mystery, but it all comes down at the end to the very traditional way that murder mysteries get solved - the detective gathers the suspects in a room and, then, step by step finally reveals the murderer and the motives.
Laurie recommendation - book 2 of series
My copy, from McKinley Park Library, was missing pages 71-102, which I sadly only found out AFTER reading up to page 70. Really disappointed that someone else had this book before me and didn't tell anyone to remove it from circulation.
A worthy sequel to Magpie Murders, featuring another mystery nested within a mystery.
rec from hillary
A short story in a novel in a novel. Creates a bit of confusion but worth it. You can work it out if you care to try.
I enjoy Horowitz stories--books & tv. They are dense, carefully plotted, and artfully crafted. I agree with "mynovel" Moonflower Murders & Atticus Pund Takes the Case felt too long and my reading speed was sluggish.
Love Horowitz. In this book the reader gets two murder mysteries in one. Really good read.