"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!" * from the publisher's description * "A real page-turner. I loved it!" -- ALED JONES (ITV, Weekend) "Ingenious twist on the classic whodunnit" * The Guardian * "The beguiling whodunit plot is dispatched with characteristic elan as Horowitz blurs the line between fact and fiction" * Financial Times * "Splendidly entertaining, absorbing and difficult to put down. Hawthorne is an intriguing character" * Daily Express *