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The word is murder: a novel

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Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-
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Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery volume 1
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When a wealthy woman is found murdered after planning her own funeral service, disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, investigate.

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England -- Fiction
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Horowitz, Anthony, -- 1955- -- Fiction
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