{"id":66131,"date":"2025-02-03T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/close-to-death-by-anthony-horowitz\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:05:09","slug":"close-to-death-by-anthony-horowitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=66131","title":{"rendered":"Close To Death by Anthony Horowitz"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\"Close<\/a>Close to Death<\/a> by Anthony Horowitz<\/a>
\nMy rating: 3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

Time taken to read – in and out over 3 days<\/p>\n

Pages – 419<\/p>\n

Publisher – Random House UK<\/p>\n

Source – Review copy & bought<\/p>\n

Blurb from Goodreads <\/p>\n

In New York Times\u2013bestselling author Anthony Horowitz\u2019s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case\u2014a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound<\/p>\n

Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from the noise and grime of city life, allowing the residents to enjoy beautiful gardens, pleasant birdsong and tranquility from behind the security of a locked gate.<\/p>\n

It is the perfect idyll until the Kentworthy family arrives, with their four giant, gas-guzzling cars, a gaggle of shrieking children and plans for a garish swimming pool in the backyard. Obvious outsiders, the Kentworthys do not belong in Riverside Close, and they quickly offend every last one of their neighbours.<\/p>\n

When Giles Kentworthy is found dead on his own doorstep, a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest, Detective Hawthorne is the only investigator that can be called on to solve the case.<\/p>\n

Because how do you solve a murder when everyone is a suspect?<\/p>\n

My Review <\/p>\n

So first thing to note, this is book five in the series, I didn’t know this and as a result I had some questions. Once finished I did a bit of reading up and have since ordered book one, will read the previous books before this one and then re read this. <\/p>\n

A small gated community, new neighbours move in, a family who are loud, not team players and things start to go wrong. Destruction of peoples property, heads butting, block peoples cars in, a missing dog ooft tensions galore. When the trouble makers are invited to a neighbours meet and they don’t show tensions run higher and before we know what happens Giles Kentworthy (dad\/new neighbour) is found brutally murdered. Everyone is a suspect, everyone has a motive and the police call in Detective Hawthorne for assistance. He is a unique guy who has some trouble and clouds following him but he is very very good at what he does. <\/p>\n

So in between the murder and investigation the book then jumps to the author who is writing about the murder case (so the timeline also jumps) and is meeting some walls and resistance in collating information. At this point the reader knows Mr Kentworthy was killed and the method but not the who. It is clear the author is party to information we don’t have and he wants to write the novel and see it through to completion but some people do not. The book then bounces between that and then back to the investigation, murder and everything that transpires. <\/p>\n

I did find myself spinning a wee bit trying to keep up, Anthony the fictional author in the book is a bit clueless like us but Hawthorne is sharp as a tack. Anthony is writing the new book which is based on the gated community murder of Mr Kentworthy, Hawthorne is his partner but seems a tad reluctant on this one. They aren’t together, Hawthorne is a bit elusive when Anthony is trying to get him and then we timeline jump too. <\/p>\n

I think by going back and reading book 1-4 I will probably get a better feel for everything so I fully admit picking this up 5 books in wasn’t the best move on my part. However I did love the sound of this and I am glad I picked it up as I think it will be a great series. Hawthorne is so sharp and perceptive, he also gets folks backs up but he is brilliant which is a good mix, 3.5\/5 for me. I have ordered book one so will get to that when able.\n<\/p>\n

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