The unputdownable new murder mystery in the Sunday Times bestselling detective series, from the award-winning author of Magpie Murders and Close to Death.

'Easily the greatest of our crime writers' Sunday Times

'My favourite Hawthorne yet. Utterly brilliant, and a complete treat' Lucy Foley

'An absolutely wonderful writer' Richard Osman

How do you investigate your own murder...?

The good news is that The Word is Murder, the first book in the Hawthorne series, is being turned into a major feature film.

The bad news is that the director is pretentious, the two stars hate each other, and the producer has run out of money.

And things are about to get much worse.

In the middle of shooting, the actor playing Hawthorne is stabbed - which leaves the real Hawthorne with no choice. He has to step in and investigate his own murder.

Because the killer may not have got the right man. Was it Hawthorne himself who was meant to be the target?

A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, A Deadly Episode is an intriguing page-turner that once again demonstrates why Anthony Horowitz is the reigning king of the modern whodunit.

Praise for A Deadly Episode . . .

'Five-star entertainment' The Times

'Clever and playful, this is meta-mystery at its best.' iPaper

'Another winner' Financial Times

'Perfect for Agatha Christie fans' Hello!

'A brilliant writer' Sunday Independent

'Delightful' Wall Street Journal

'Full of humour, twists and red herrings' 5-star reader review

'A pacy and entertaining mystery that I loved from start to finish' 5-star reader review

'A rollercoaster of red herrings' 5-star reader review

'Exceedingly brilliant' 5-star reader review

'The perfect whodunnit' 5-star reader review

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Bestselling author Anthony Horowitz has written two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk and Moriarty; three James Bond novels, Trigger Mortis, Forever and a Day and With a Mind to Kill; the acclaimed bestselling mystery novels Magpie Murders, Moonflower Murders and Marble Hall Murders; and the Detective Hawthorne novels, The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death, A Line To Kill, The Twist of a Knife and Close to Death.

He is also the author of the teen spy Alex Rider series, and responsible for creating and writing some of the UK's most loved and successful TV series, including Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War. In January 2022 he was awarded a CBE for his services to literature.