Waiting on Wednesday - Marble Hall Murders

 

'Waiting on Wednesday' is an event where I feature an upcoming book that I am extra excited about.  I used to do this in the past and am making it a priority to do again.  Seriously, who among us doesn't have a book or two or twenty that we are excited about reading?  Plus, it lets us 'spread the word' about authors and series that we personally enjoy.

Today's book is the 3rd in Anthony Horowitz's series featuring Susan Ryeland, an editor, and author Atticus Pund.  Both the previous books, Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders have also had TV adaptations released.  I have read both the books, but not watched the TV adaptations.  I tried the first one, but somehow it didn't fit with my 'vision' of the characters.  Not sure if I will try again, but I did really enjoy the books.  Sometimes when books transition to TV, we don't exactly love how that happens.  However, I have heard a bunch of people have loved both the books and TV shows.  Here's what I thought about Magpie Murders.  Have you read or watched either of these?  Ready for #3? 

Marble Hall Murders

by Anthony Horowitz

Publication Date:  May 13th

Editor Susan Ryeland has left her Greek island, her hotel and her Greek boyfriend, Andreas, in search of a new life back in England.

Freelancing for a London publisher, she's given the last job she wants: working on an Atticus Pünd continuation novel called Pünd’s Last Case. Worse still, she knows the new writer. Eliot Crace is the troubled grandson of legendary children’s author Miriam Crace who died twenty years ago. Eliot is convinced she was murdered—by poison.

To her surprise, Susan enjoys reading the manuscript which is set in the South of France and revolves around the mysterious death of Lady Margaret Chalfont, days before she was about to change her will. But when it is revealed that Lady Margaret was also poisoned, alarm bells begin to ring.

The more Susan reads, the clearer it becomes that Eliot has deliberately concealed clues about his grandmother’s death inside the book.

Desperately, Susan tries to prevent Eliot from putting himself in harm’s way—but his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic. Another murder follows . . . and suddenly Susan finds herself to be the number one suspect.

Once again, the real and the fictional worlds have become dangerously entangled. And if Susan doesn't solve the mystery of Pünd’s Last Case, she could well be its next victim.