Every Sunday we are taking a look at the world of books. I read a lot and always want to share my opinions on what I read, so I thought it would be fun to write reviews. Today we are looking at the third book in the Susan Ryeland books.

Marble Hall Murders (2025)

Anthony Horowitz

Synopsis

Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder.

She’s edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she’s come close to being killed. Now she’s back in England and she’s been persuaded to work on a third.

The new ‘continuation’ novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace who was the biggest selling children’s author in the world until her death exactly twenty years ago.

Eliot believes that Miriam was deliberately poisoned. And when he tells Susan that he has hidden the identity of Miriam’s killer inside his book, Susan knows she’s in trouble once again.

As Susan works on Pünd’s Last Case, a story set in an exotic villa in the South of France, she uncovers more and more parallels between the past and the present, the fictional and the real world – until suddenly she finds that she has become a target herself.

It seems that someone in Eliot’s family doesn’t want the book to be written. And they will do anything to prevent it.

– from Waterstones

Positive Points

I found this to be a really good book and it is a story that you keep wanting to turn the pages for. It is in depth and once you get used to the format it can be highly enjoyable.

Negative Points

You need to of read the past two books to fully understand this story.

Overall Review

I will be honest, I hate this book series but because I started them I thought I might as well continue it. This is the first book that I have thoroughly enjoyed, you do have to read the past two to understand it but I feel this is the most fun out of all the books as you have got used to the format and the story is so much better.

Rating : **** 4 Stars

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