The Sentence Is Death-轻识

These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine – a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise.

Odd, considering he didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, mo...

Odd, considering he didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed?

Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who’s really getting rather good at this murder investigation business.

But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realises that these secrets must be exposed – even at the risk of death…

安东尼·霍洛维茨 | Anthony Horowitz (1955— )

英国知名侦探小说作家、编剧。

安东尼·霍洛维茨的《少年间谍》系列享誉国际文坛，全球畅销千万册，继而成为众人皆知的福尔摩斯专家，是柯南·道尔产权会有史以来唯一授权续写福尔摩斯故事的作家。代表作《丝之屋》畅销全球三十五个国家。此外，之后创作的《莫里亚蒂》和《关键词是谋杀》也广受好评。还被伊恩·弗莱明产权会选为“007 系列”的续写者，2015年出版了《触发死亡》一书。同时，对侦探女王阿加莎·克里斯蒂的热爱，也给了霍洛维茨接连不断的创作灵感。他曾为独立电视台（ITV）的《大侦探波洛》系列多部剧集担纲编剧。2016年，他向阿加莎致敬的小说《喜鹊谋杀案》，一经面世就在欧美文坛引起巨大轰动，荣获亚马逊、美国国家公共电台、《华盛顿邮报》、Esquire 年度最佳图书，被《纽约时报》《时代周...

安东尼·霍洛维茨 | Anthony Horowitz (1955— )

英国知名侦探小说作家、编剧。

作为知名电视编剧，霍洛维茨还撰写了大量剧本。除波洛系列外，他的编剧作品《战地神探》（Foyle’s War ）获得英国电影和电视艺术学院奖（BAFTA）。

二○一四年，他因在文学领域里的杰出贡献而获颁大英帝国官佐勋章（OBE）。