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Horowitz: “So who attacked Nigel Weston? Why did you say that was my fault?”
Hawthorne: “Because it was. (...) When we interviewed Robert Cornwallis that first time, you asked him if Diana Cowper had said anything about Timothy Godwin. (...) It was a rookie error, mate. What you did was, you told him that we were interested in the accident that had happened in Deal. And so he decided to use it to misdirect us.
— May 31, 2024 06:34PM
Hawthorne: “Because it was. (...) When we interviewed Robert Cornwallis that first time, you asked him if Diana Cowper had said anything about Timothy Godwin. (...) It was a rookie error, mate. What you did was, you told him that we were interested in the accident that had happened in Deal. And so he decided to use it to misdirect us.
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By the time I reached the other side of the river, I knew exactly what I was going to do.
— May 31, 2024 07:17PM
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They could make me look like a complete idiot if they wanted. On the other hand, if I wrote the book, I would have control.
— May 31, 2024 07:17PM
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And yet...If I walked away, Hawthorne would just go to another writer and what would be the result of that? I’d end up as a minor character, nothing more than a sidekick in someone else’s book, which would actually be considerably worse than being a real character in one of my own.
— May 31, 2024 07:16PM
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Hawthorne: “Tony...”
Horowitz: “That’s not my name. I’m Anthony. Nobody ever calls me Tony. And you can forget the whole thing. It was a bad idea and it nearly got me killed. I should never have listened to you in the first place. I’m not going to do it.”
— May 31, 2024 07:16PM
Horowitz: “That’s not my name. I’m Anthony. Nobody ever calls me Tony. And you can forget the whole thing. It was a bad idea and it nearly got me killed. I should never have listened to you in the first place. I’m not going to do it.”
Minchen
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Horowitz: “She was at Hay-on-Wye, at the literary festival, two days after you came to see me. Shesaid my books were unreal and irrelevant. She was the reason why...You put her up to it!”
Hawthorne: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
He was looking at me with innocent, even child-like eyes but I wasn’t having any of it.
— May 31, 2024 07:15PM
Hawthorne: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
He was looking at me with innocent, even child-like eyes but I wasn’t having any of it.
Minchen
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I knew this woman. I had seen her before. And then I remembered.
Horowitz: “You bastard! You fucking bastard.”
Hawthorne: “What?”
Horowitz: “Is this your wife?”
Hawthorne: “Yes.”
Horowitz: “I’ve met her.”
Hawthorne: “I don’t think so.”
— May 31, 2024 07:15PM
Horowitz: “You bastard! You fucking bastard.”
Hawthorne: “What?”
Horowitz: “Is this your wife?”
Hawthorne: “Yes.”
Horowitz: “I’ve met her.”
Hawthorne: “I don’t think so.”
Minchen
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(>>>)
Hawthorne: “It’ll do, I suppose.”
Horowitz: “You don’t sound convinced.”
Hawthorne: “It’s just a bit poncy. It’s not something I’d read on the beach.”
Horowitz: “Do you ever go to the beach?”
He didn’t answer.
— May 31, 2024 06:48PM
Hawthorne: “It’ll do, I suppose.”
Horowitz: “You don’t sound convinced.”
Hawthorne: “It’s just a bit poncy. It’s not something I’d read on the beach.”
Horowitz: “Do you ever go to the beach?”
He didn’t answer.
Minchen
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(>>>)
I was saying that people read detective stories because they were interested in the characters and you disagreed. >The word is murder. That’s what matters.< That’s what you said.”
Hawthorne: “And...?”
Horowitz: “>The word is murder.< I thought that would make a good title. After all, I’m a writer, you’re a detective. That’s what it’s all about.”
(>>>)
— May 31, 2024 06:48PM
I was saying that people read detective stories because they were interested in the characters and you disagreed. >The word is murder. That’s what matters.< That’s what you said.”
Hawthorne: “And...?”
Horowitz: “>The word is murder.< I thought that would make a good title. After all, I’m a writer, you’re a detective. That’s what it’s all about.”
(>>>)
Minchen
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Horowitz: “I think I may have a title.”
Hawthorne: “What’s wrong with ‘Hawthorne Investigates’?”
Horowitz: “We’ve already had that discussion.”
Hawthorne: “What the?”
Horowitz: “I was going through my notes this morning and I came upon something you said to me when we first met in Clerkwell, when you asked me to write about you. (>>>)
— May 31, 2024 06:47PM
Hawthorne: “What’s wrong with ‘Hawthorne Investigates’?”
Horowitz: “We’ve already had that discussion.”
Hawthorne: “What the?”
Horowitz: “I was going through my notes this morning and I came upon something you said to me when we first met in Clerkwell, when you asked me to write about you. (>>>)
Minchen
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...the door opened and there he was, staring at me with a look of bemusement on his face, wearing the same suit he always wore. Hawthorne ‘at home’.
Hawthorne: “Tony! How did you find me?”
Horowitz: “I have my methods.”
— May 31, 2024 06:41PM
Hawthorne: “Tony! How did you find me?”
Horowitz: “I have my methods.”
