Book info

• Title Close to Death
• Author Anthony Horowitz
• Year 2024
• Genre Mystery

Richmond Upon Thames is one of the most desirable areas to live in London. And Riverview Close - a quiet, gated community – seems to offer its inhabitants the perfect life. At least it does until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife and noisy children, his four gas-guzzling cars, his loud parties and his plans for a new swimming pool in his garden. His neighbours all have a reason to hate him and are soon up in arms. When Kenworthy is shot dead with a crossbow bolt through his neck, all of them come under suspicion and his murder opens the door to lies, deception and further death. The police are baffled. Reluctantly, they call in former Detective Daniel Hawthorne. But even he is faced with a seemingly impossible puzzle. How do you solve a murder when everyone has the same motive?

Thoughts

I’ve made no secret of how much I love these books and the fifth in the series is no different. This one takes a slightly different format, as there’s no active murder being investigated so Anthony the writer character is forced to look back at an old case and how it unfolded. It did mean there was a bit less of Anthony and Hawthorne interacting together which was a shame, but the story really made up for it. Great scene setting, interesting mystery, and a fascinating ending. Horowitz has said there are many more of these books planned and I can’t wait!

Rating: 5 / 5