A Line to Kill [1st PRINT / SIGNED]

Horowitz, Anthony

ISBN 10: 1529124301 / ISBN 13: 9781529124309

Published by Century / London, 2021

About this Item

Century, London, 2021. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Stated "First published by Century in 2021", first printing with a full number line starting at "1". 9-1/2" tall, 375 numbered pages; one-piece lightly textured blood red (?) binding, gilt lettering on spine only; front board is plain; colorfully illustrated end pages in shades of black, gray, white and tan have a man walking on a beach on the right side and a corpse on the left side; fore edge is trimmed. Book is brand new and pristine: it is square, hinges tight, corners not bumped, no dings on edges, head and heel of spine undamaged. Interior is clean and unmarked; no page corners folded or damaged; no staining or discoloration. Jacket is also pristine: it is clean; no tears, folds or fading; very slight crease at heel of spine; publisher's original price of "£20.00" listed on the lower right corner of front flap; 1-3/8" white on black circular "signed / copy" sticker near upper fore edge corner. Condition of book and jacket consistent with being new and not read. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. Signed very vertically in thin black felt pen by author at the bottom of title page beneath the title.

Seller Inventory # BMR-2022-7-2-5

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Line to Kill [1st PRINT / SIGNED]
• Publisher: Century / London
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529124301
• ISBN 13: 9781529124309
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sentence Is Death returns with his third literary whodunit featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz.

When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation—or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.

Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival’s other guests—an eccentric gathering that includes a bestselling children’s author, a French poet, a TV chef turned cookbook author, a blind psychic, and a war historian—along with a group of ornery locals embroiled in an escalating feud over a disruptive power line.

When a local grandee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Hawthorne and Horowitz become embroiled in the case. The island is locked down, no one is allowed on or off, and it soon becomes horribly clear that a murderer lurks in their midst. But who?

Both a brilliant satire on the world of books and writers and an immensely enjoyable locked-room mystery, A Line to Kill is a triumph—a riddle of a story full of brilliant misdirection, beautifully set-out clues, and diabolically clever denouements.