A review by lizzillia
The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz

4.5

Another in this series which features an ex-DI - Hawthorne and Anthony Horowitz as himself. Once again there is a cast of characters - literally in this one as a critic who slammed Horowitz's play 'Mindgame' on it's opening night has been murdered and everyone involved in the production is suspected. However - the police zoom in on Horowitz and he is whisked off to the cells. Who does he call with his one phone call? That's a problem. The premise of the series is that Horowitz signed a book deal to write about Hawthorne and his past cases. In all crime series, both Hawthorne and Horowitz have been involved in actual murders and the books have not been about past cases but about ones that they have been drawn into. The problem is that Hawthorne wanted to do another book and Horowitz had said no - so they're not really speaking. Can he still phone him in his hour of need? Yes. So the book is about the investigation that the two carry out to prove Horowitz's innocence. This is a fun read and the snippets that Horowitz drops in about himself - are they true? Does he really enjoy Coco-Pops? There are lots of lovely lines where his dry humour comes through too. Everyone has a motive to kill the critic but why do they also want to frame Horowitz? It's a good read, I never guessed it - will you?