Absolutely brilliant!

Everything is perfect about the Magpie Murders. Highly recommended - a truly impressive performance by both the author and the narrators!.Love it to bits.

1 Person fand das hilfreich

Had potential..

I liked it in the beginning, but was disappointed by the reveal and the end of the book. Caught myself feeling a little bored listening to the last half hour or so, which should have been the most exciting part.
It somehow just did not quite hit my expectations, after listening to other A. Horowitz books (Hawthorn) before and really liking them.

disappointing end

I like the idea of two mysteries in ones and it’s so fun to have an aging female editor do the job but of course this was written by a man so the woman needs saving by a strong male figure WTF?? Surely she could have figured this out by herself. I was completely sold until this scene but now don’t want to listen to the others in the series. Frustrating.

Schwierig, kompliziert, außergewöhnlich

Puh! Nichts für nebenbei, denn hier ist Konzentration gefragt. Die Methode „Geschichte in der Geschichte“ treibt Horowitz absolut auf die Spitze. Erst hören wir die Erzählung eines Autors, die wirklich an der spannendsten Stelle einfach abbricht. Weil der Autor tot aufgefunden wird, wie wir im tatsächlichen Fall erfahren. Was die Polizei nicht hinbekommt, nämlich den Tod des Autors aufzuklären, schafft die Verlagslektorin. Angetrieben, das fehlende letzte Kapitel zu finden, ermittelt sie auf eigene Faust und findet dabei immer mehr Parallelen zwischen dem Werk des Toten und seinem Ableben. Großartig von zwei Erzählern gelesen und mit der Grund dafür, warum ich bei dem komplizierten Twist doch dabei geblieben bin. Es hat sich gelohnt.

Lots of surprises and twists

Great listening, very intelligent and wonderful old style detective work . Horovitz is following the great whodunnit writers

mise en abyme murder mystery

I liked the complexity of the narration (a story within a story) - it was a refreshing change to other crime novels and added to the suspense, seeing as there are two plot ends to look forward to. However, the characters didn't always feel completely consistent to me. For instance, the editor criticized the sister's reasoning why she thought Alan had been murdered, but she uses similar arguments to explain her own doubts (the appointments in his diary). All in all I enjoyed the book though!