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Tento brilantní, strhující thriller od autora románů Moriarty, Dům hedvábí a bondovek Modrý diamant, Navždy a den propojuje klasickou detektivku hodnou Agathy Christie se stejně geniální moderní zápletkou, díky níž se čtenář stává detektivem. Alan Conway je úspěšný autor detektivních románů. Jeho redaktorka Susan Ryelandová s ním pracuje už řadu let a důvěrně zná jeho detektiva Atticuse Pünda, který řeší případy narušující život v ospalých anglických vesničkách. Alanovo tradiční vyprávění je poctou královnám klasické britské detektivky, jako jsou Agatha Christie a Dorothy L. Sayersová a je nesmírně úspěšné. Tak úspěšné, že Susan musí dál snášet jeho problematické chování, pokud si chce svou práci udržet. Když Susan dostane nejnovější Alanův rukopis, ve kterém Atticus Pünd vyšetřuje vraždu v anglickém panském domě Pye Hall, není důvod si myslet, že by se měl nějak lišit od ostatních. Jsou zde mrtvá těla, řada neobvyklých podezřelých a také množství falešných stop a vodítek. Ale čím víc Susan z románu přečte, tím víc si uvědomuje, že mezi řádky rukopisu je ukryt ještě další příběh plný žárlivosti, chamtivosti a bezohledných ambicí, který brzy povede k vraždě. Rafinovaně temný, inteligentní a nemilosrdně napínavý román Magpie Murders je mistrovským pojednáním detektivky ze starých dob. „Skutečně brilantní. Moc se mi ta kniha líbila.“ Sophie Hannahová, autorka detektivního románu Vraždy s monogramem „Zlatý věk detektivek se v Magpie Murders prolíná se současnou záhadnou vraždou vylíčenou obratným vypravěčem Anthonym Horowitzem, Jen mistr žánru dokáže vytvořit takovou důmyslnou napodobeninu. Agatha Christie by byla nadšena (ačkoli by jí mohl běhat mráz po zádech nejen z obyčejné závisti)!“ Jacqueline Winspearová, New York Times, autorka populární série o Maisie Dobbsové „Autor bestsellerů Horowitz přichází s příjemným překvapením pro fanoušky detektivek zlaté éry, s husarským kouskem, který vzdává hold tomuto žánru a zároveň si z něj tropí vtipy.“ Publishers Weekly „Fanoušci Agathy Christie, kteří stále ještě truchlí nad její smrtí… přivítají tuto velmi nápaditou poctu autorce… a nejdůmyslnější hádanku – vlastně dvě hádanky – roku.“ Kirkus Reviews „Geniální román v románu… Tento skvělý příběh, který je částečně detektivkou, částečně pastišem, si pohrává s detektivním žánrem, ale současně ho bere vážně.“ The Sunday Times

A labyrinth of clues. A mystery novel hiding a deadly secret. A killer with a fiendish plot: a brilliantly intricate and original thriller from the bestselling author of Magpie Murders ______________ 'A beautiful puzzle: fiendishly clever and hugely entertaining. A masterpiece.' Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is running a small hotel on a Greek island with her long-term boyfriend. But life isn't as idyllic as it should be: exhausted by the responsibility of making everything work on an island where nothing ever does, Susan is beginning to miss her literary life in London - even though her publishing career once entangled her in a lethal literary murder plot. So when an English couple come to visit with tales of a murder that took place in a hotel the same day their daughter Cecily was married there, Susan can't help but find herself fascinated. And when they tell her that Cecily has gone missing a few short hours after reading Atticus Pund Takes The Case, a crime novel Susan edited some years previously, Susan knows she must return to London to find out what has happened. The clues to the murder and to Cecily's disappearance must lie within the pages of this novel. But to save Cecily, Susan must place her own life in mortal danger... ______________ Want to read more Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland? Order a copy of Sunday Times bestseller and the #1 ebook bestseller MAGPIE MURDERS, out now. ______________ 'Absolutely loved it. So clever, just masterful stuff.' Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club 'We all want to go away on foreign holidays - but I was reading Anthony Horowitz's new book based in Greece and oh my God I could taste the wine, I could see the sea, I could smell that lovely dusky air! ... It's so much fun, I'm absolutely loving it' Ryan Tubridy, RTE Radio One 'Showcases Horowitz's full battalion of strengths: the whiplash plotting, the leather-smooth prose, the bold energy and, above all, the bright spark of joy that ignites the best fiction. Sophisticated, literate novels aren't supposed to be so much fun.' AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window 'A mind-bending mystery to tie readers in knots' BBC 'Funny, profound and at times frightening, this is Horowitz at his very best. And the perfect jumping-on point for newcomers.' The Sun 'It is amongst the most ambitious formats I've ever read, as, essentially, Horowitz writes not one but two fully-fledged, distinct stories ... and both of them are brilliantly executed as exemplars in their respective genres and fields' NB Magazine 'A cracking read ... Anthony Horowitz has written another winner in my book. I couldn't wait to get to the end to see if I had the right culprit.' Woman's Way 'A masterful and muscular whodunnit ... glorious' The Business Post 'There is no mystery writer whose puzzles make me think, 'Ooh, I can't wait!' more than Anthony Horowitz. He is a master of the cunning plot device, and brings zest and originality to the traditional murder mystery novel.' Sophie Hannah 'It's a complex plot, a novel within a novel, where the reader gets to grapple with the whodunnit both in the main narrative and through an entirely separate detective story[...] They are both gripping reads' Irish Times 'So clever, a story within a story within a story. A triumph.' Kate Mosse 'A masterpiece by an author at the top of his genre.' Adam Hamdy

Sherlock Holmes is dead. Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind. Ably assisted by Inspector Athelney Jones, a devoted student of Holmes's methods of investigation and deduction, Chase must hunt down this shadowy figure, a man much feared but seldom seen, a man determined to engulf London in a tide of murder and menace. The game is afoot . . .

SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER MURDER? Buried secrets, murder and a trail of bloody clues lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's page-turning new detective series. If you enjoyed BBC's Sherlock, you'll LOVE The Word is Murder! "A very clever and inventive mystery" (Bookbag) "A perfect detective novel in a unique style complete with an excellent twist!" (Life Has a Funny Way of Sneaking Up On You) `With its unorthodox protagonist, clever plotting, brilliantly imperfect characters, and escalating sense of urgency and intrigue, THE WORD IS MURDER is an instant crime classic that will keep you reading as fast as you can... one of the best and most compulsively readable mysteries of the year. Hugely satisfying on every level." (Written by Sime) 'Will undoubtedly exhilarate not only crime and Horowitz fans but anyone who enjoys the sense of metafiction and fourth wall breaking found in books by authors like Lemony Snicket, Bret Easton Ellis and Martin Amis.' (Fiendfully Reading) A wealthy woman strangled six hours after she's arranged her own funeral. A very private detective uncovering secrets but hiding his own. A reluctant author drawn into a story he can't control. What do they have in common? Unexpected death, an unsolved mystery and a trail of bloody clues lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's page-turning new thriller.

SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER MURDER? Buried secrets, murder and a trail of bloody clues lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's page-turning new detective series. If you enjoyed BBC's Sherlock, you'll LOVE The Word is Murder! "A very clever and inventive mystery" (Bookbag) "A perfect detective novel in a unique style complete with an excellent twist!" (Life Has a Funny Way of Sneaking Up On You) `With its unorthodox protagonist, clever plotting, brilliantly imperfect characters, and escalating sense of urgency and intrigue, THE WORD IS MURDER is an instant crime classic that will keep you reading as fast as you can... one of the best and most compulsively readable mysteries of the year. Hugely satisfying on every level." (Written by Sime) 'Will undoubtedly exhilarate not only crime and Horowitz fans but anyone who enjoys the sense of metafiction and fourth wall breaking found in books by authors like Lemony Snicket, Bret Easton Ellis and Martin Amis.' (Fiendfully Reading) A wealthy woman strangled six hours after she's arranged her own funeral. A very private detective uncovering secrets but hiding his own. A reluctant author drawn into a story he can't control. What do they have in common? Unexpected death, an unsolved mystery and a trail of bloody clues lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's page-turning new thriller.

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She's worked with the revered crime writer for years and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. As Susan knows only too well, vintage crime sells handsomely. It's just a shame that it means dealing with an author like Alan Conway...But Conway's latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript there lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder.From Sunday Times bestseller Anthony Horowitz comes Magpie Murders, his deliciously dark take on the vintage crime novel, brought bang- up-to-date with a fiendish modern twist.

Nevada, USA - fourteen-year-old twins Jamie and Scott Tyler are performing a mind-reading act in a dingy theatre. But when a sinister multinational corporation, Nightrise, kidnaps Scott, Jamie is left alone - and wanted for murder. He becomes embroiled in a corrupt presidential campaign and breaks into the American prison system before being propelled ten thousand years into the past, where he encounters the other Gatekeepers and witnesses the creation of Raven's Gate - and the first fateful battle against the Old Ones.

Literary legend James Bond returns to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating thriller by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. It's 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. And SMERSH is back. The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track in Europe. But it's Bond who finds himself in the driving seat and events take an unexpected turn when he observes a suspicious meeting between SMERSH's driver and a sinister Korean millionaire, Jai Seong Sin. Soon Bond is pitched into an entirely different race uncovering a plan that could bring the West to its knees. Welcoming back familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny, international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz ticks all the boxes: speed, danger, strong women and fiendish villains, to reinvent the golden age of Bond in this brilliantly gripping adventure. Trigger Mortis is also the first James Bond novel to feature previously unseen Ian Fleming material. This is James Bond as Fleming imagined him.

Literary legend James Bond returns to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating thriller by Sunday Timesbestselling author Anthony Horowitz. It's 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. And SMERSH is back. The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track in Europe. But it's Bond who finds himself in the driving seat and events take an unexpected turn when he observes a suspicious meeting between SMERSH's driver and a sinister Korean millionaire, Jai Seong Sin. Soon Bond is pitched into an entirely different race with implications that could change the world. Thrown together with American agent, Jeopardy Lane, Bond uncovers a plan that will bring the West to its knees in a heart-stopping climax. Welcoming back familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny, international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz ticks all the boxes: speed, danger, strong women and fiendish villains, to reinvent the golden age of Bond in this brilliantly gripping adventure. TRIGGER MORTIS is also the first James Bond novel to feature previously unseen Ian Fleming material. This is James Bond as Fleming imagined him.

Sherlock Holmes is dead. Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind who has risen to take his place. Ably assisted by Inspector Athelney Jones of Scotland Yard, a devoted student of Holmes's methods of investigation and deduction, Frederick Chase must forge a path through the darkest corners of the capital to shine light on this shadowy figure, a man much feared but seldom seen, a man determined to engulf London in a tide of murder and menace. Author of the global bestseller THE HOUSE OF SILK, Anthony Horowitz once more breathes life into the world created by Arthur Conan Doyle. With pitch-perfect characterisation and breathtaking pace, Horowitz weaves a relentlessly thrilling tale which teases and delights with the turn of each page. The game is afoot ...

Sherlock Holmes je mrtvý, zanechte všech nadějí. Krátce poté, co se s profesorem Moriartym zřítil do hlubiny Reichenbašských vodopádů, přijíždí do Evropy americký pinkertonský detektiv Frederick Chase. Má informace o tom, že Moriartyho záhy nahradil jiný arcizločinec a nyní řádí v Londýně. Chase a jeho pomocník Athelney Jones ze Scotland Yardu se ho s využitím starých dobrých holmesovských taktik pokusí dopadnout...

Ez egy bérgyilkos története. Egy emberé, aki már többször is keresztezte az MI6, azaz a brit titkosszolgálat ifjú hőse, Alex Rider útját. Sorsuk összefonódott, és sok hasonlóságot mutat... Jaszen Gregorovics egy apró orosz faluban nevelkedett. 14 éves volt, amikor a közeli vegyszergyárban, ahol a szülei dolgoztak, baleset történt. Kiderült, hogy vegyi fegyvereket is gyártottak az üzemben. A baleset során anthraxbaktérium szabadult ki, és kormány mindenkit megöletett, hogy a katasztrófa ne derüljön ki. Jaszennek azonban sikerült elszökni. Kalandos útja a Skorpia nevű bűnszervezethez vezette, ahol felkészítették arra a foglalkozásra, amelyet önszántából sohasem választott volna.

Ez egy bérgyilkos története. Egy emberé, aki már többször is keresztezte az MI6, azaz a brit titkosszolgálat ifjú hőse, Alex Rider útját. Sorsuk összefonódott, és sok hasonlóságot mutat…. Jaszen Gregorovics egy apró orosz faluban nevelkedett. 14 éves volt, amikor a közeli vegyszergyárban, ahol a szülei dolgoztak, baleset történt. Kiderült, hogy vegyi fegyvereket is gyártottak az üzemben. A baleset során anthrax baktérium szabadult ki, és kormány mindenkit megöletett, hogy a katasztrófa ne derüljön ki. Jaszennek azonban sikerült elszökni. Kalandos útja a Skorpia nevű bűnszervezethez vezette, ahol felkészítették arra a foglalkozásra, amelyet önszántából sohasem választott volna.

Síla Pětice pokračuje… Strážci brány – Matt, Pedro, Scott, Jamie a Scarlett – uprchnou z Hongkongu, ale jsou roztroušeni po nepřátelském, nebezpečném světě. Aby se sešli a mohli naplánovat další postup, musejí překonat nejrůznější překážky. Král Starých zatím shromažďuje vojska v Zapomnění: odpuštěné krajině, kde poslední příslušníky lidské rasy čeká rozhodující bitva… Přestože se Zapomnění zabývá celosvětovou katastrofou, která se zdá možná, dokonce pravděpodobná, rozhodně nejde o depresivní knihu. Její poselství zní: „Děti to zvládnou!“ Fantasy série Síla Pětice obsahuje tituly Krkavčí brána, Zlověstná hvězda, Temnota a Nekropole a sám autor ji charakterizuje jako „Alex Rider mezi démony a čaroději“.

Síla Pětice pokračuje… Strážci brány – Matt, Pedro, Scott, Jamie a Scarlett – uprchnou z Hongkongu, ale jsou roztroušeni po nepřátelském, nebezpečném světě. Aby se sešli a mohli naplánovat další postup, musejí překonat nejrůznější překážky. Král Starých zatím shromažďuje vojska v Zapomnění: odpuštěné krajině, kde poslední příslušníky lidské rasy čeká rozhodující bitva… Přestože se Zapomnění zabývá celosvětovou katastrofou, která se zdá možná, dokonce pravděpodobná, rozhodně nejde o depresivní knihu. Její poselství zní: „Děti to zvládnou!“ Fantasy série Síla Pětice obsahuje tituly Krkavčí brána, Zlověstná hvězda, Temnota a Nekropole a sám autor ji charakterizuje jako „Alex Rider mezi démony a čaroději“.