Why a Booktrail?
2000s: A writer is drawn into a murder and the idea for his new novel…
The Word is Murder
What you need to know before your trail
A wealthy woman strangled six hours after she’s arranged her own funeral.
A very private detective uncovering secrets but hiding his own.
A reluctant author drawn into a story he can’t control.
What do they have in common?
Unexpected death, an unsolved mystery and a trail of bloody clues……
Travel Guide
The Diana Cowper tour of London
Visit the Fulham Road but skip the funeral parlour and instead head to (you could maybe take the 14 bus)
Walk back up to the South Kensington Tube station and take the Piccadilly line to Green Park
Have lunch with a friend at Cafe Murano on St James street, and then pop into the Globe theatre. Diana is on the board but you might have to just either look in from the outside and dream, or indeeee buy a ticket and see a show. Then for an afternoon cup of something hot, an hour or two of good gossip about books and crime plots, head to J&A cakes just off the Clerkenwell Road as this is where Hororwitz meets Hawthorne.
IF you really want to get into the essence of the book, then there is something which happens at Hay on Wye festival and other great book festivals get a look in too such as Harrogate. This is a ode to books and book festivals everywhere!
Short days out from London
Canterbury –
Someone connected to the case lives here but why not take a look around the cathedral when you’re doing some investigating of your own?
Deal, Kent –
The setting Horowitz tells us of the Moonraker books, Bleak House and the Hornblower books (Perfect for booktrails then!) but where Horowitz goes to meet someone connected to the case. Stay in the Royal Hotel where much of the action unfolds and have a walk along the much maligned pier
Streetview Maps
A) London - Fulham Road
B) London - Britannia Road
C) Kent- Deal - The Royal Hotel
D) Kent - Deal Pier
Booktrailer Review
Susan: @thebooktrailer
What a fascinating book! A story about a well known writer (Mr Horowitz himself) writing how he is approached by an ex detective for a story, and then what happens as the story and research start to reveal itself..
I’ve never read a book that is effectively being written and researched as you read it. A book where a writer has to help solve a crime in order to write his book. And he gets into some situations let me tell you! The story within the story within the story is a woman who plans her own funeral and then ends up dead some six hours later. That thread was interesting enough but add the other layers and it was just WOW! I just loved the banter between Horowitz and Hawthorne! They did make me chuckle.
This was surreal in a lot of ways – what’s real, what’s not? – but very compelling. I’m going to think about this and then write a longer review.
Highly recommended Horowitz!
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Word is Murder
Author/Guide: Anthony Horowitz Destination: London, Cambridge, Deal Departure Time: 2000s
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