The Sentence Is Death: A Novel (A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery)

About this book

New York Timesbestselling author Anthony Horowitz and eccentric detective Daniel Hawthorne team up again in a new mystery the sequel to the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder to delve deep into the killing of a high-profile divorce lawyer and the death only a day earlier of his one-time friend. You shouldnt be here. Its too late . . . These heard over the phone were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of winea 1982 Chateau Lafite worth 3 000 to be precise. Odd considering he didnt drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And most importantly which of the mans many many enemies did the deed? Baffled the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick the author Anthony whos really getting rather good at this murder investigation business. But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish it becomes clear that he too has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case he realizes that these secrets must be exposedeven at the risk of death . . .