![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But it soon becomes clear that Conway enjoys hiding clues of real people inside his stories. But then Magpie Murders comes along and completely blows me away!Īuthor Alan Conway is well known for his famous Atticus Pünd detective series, so when editor Susan Ryeland receives his latest manuscript, she's excited to dig in. I thought I'd seen it all when it comes to murder mysteries. Masterful, clever, and ruthlessly suspenseful, Magpie Murders is a deviously dark take on vintage crime fiction. But the more Susan reads, the more she realizes that there's another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript-one of ambition, jealousy, and greed-and that soon it will lead to murder. There will be dead bodies, a cast of intriguing suspects, and plenty of red herrings and clues. When Susan receives Alan's latest manuscript, in which Atticus Pünd investigates a murder at Pye Hall, an English manor house, she has no reason to think it will be any different from the others. ![]() So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job. Alan's traditional formula pays homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. His editor, Susan Ryeland, has worked with him for years, and she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. Alan Conway is a bestselling crime writer. ![]()
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