| Management number | 238662984 | Release Date | 2026/07/11 | List Price | $12.98 | Model Number | 238662984 | ||
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<p><b>Don't miss <i>Magpie Murders</i> on PBS's MASTERPIECE Mystery! </b></p><p><b>"A double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don't often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers." --Janet Maslin<i>, New York Times</i></b></p><p><b><i>New York Times </i>Bestseller Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Novel NPR Best Book of the Year <i>Washington Post</i> Best Book of the Year <i>Esquire </i>Best Book of the Year</b></p><p><b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Moriarty</i> and <i>Trigger Mortis</i>, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original puzzle mystery.</b></p><p>When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves cozy mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan's traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job.</p><p>Conway's latest tale has Atticus Pünd investigating a murder at Pye Hall, a local manor house. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but the more Susan reads, the more she's convinced that this book within a book contains another story hidden in its pages: one of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.</p><p>Masterful, clever, and relentlessly suspenseful, <i>Magpie Murders</i> is a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction in which the reader becomes the detective.</p>
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Fiction |
| Genre | Literature & Fiction |
| Publication date | June, 2017 |
| Pages | 720 |
| Reading level | General/Trade |
| Subgenre | Mystery & Detective |
| Series title | No Series |
| Number in series | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Awards won | NPR Best Book of 2017, Amazon Best Book of 2017, Washington Post Best Book of 2017, Esquire Best Book of 2017 |
| Is collectible | N |
| Character | Atticus Pnd |
| Illustrator | Minalima Ltd. |
| Editor | Susan Ryeland |
| Binding type | Perfect Binding |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 5.90 x 1.70 x 8.90 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1.68 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Fiction |
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