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The Word is Murder - Horowitz
Audio performance by Rory Kinnear
4 stars

This was so much fun. I forgive Horowitz for his shameless self promotion, (You did know that he wrote the scripts for Foyle’s War, has a best selling children’s book series, and… well, yeah) because in this book he casts himself as the mildly stupid sidekick of the brilliant detective. It’s barely believable self-deprecation, but very clever. And, mildly amusing. It was also an interesting glimpse into the creative process of a talented writer who produces so much very good entertainment.

I was entertained. This was a classic detective ‘who-done-it’. It followed the formula without feeling formulaic. I enjoyed the humor of the industry name dropping. I was no better at identifying the murderer than Horowitz was himself. I look forward to the next book.

I enjoyed them both, they were a lot of fun. LOL what he does to himself at the ending of the second book...well, just read it.

annapi wrote: "I enjoyed them both, they were a lot of fun. LOL what he does to himself at the ending of the second book...well, just read it."

It may be my next audio. Soon anyway.

JGRace wrote "because in this book he casts himself "

This is funny, to me anyway, because I am reading a book (view spoiler)[
Darkdawn (hide spoiler)] (don't want to spoil it for anyone) where the author inserted, not himself, but the book itself into the story! I was sitting there last night shaking my head and thinking, "is this clever, or is it just plain stupid!" I still have not decided, as I am only a few chapters in