Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz Summary
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Moonflower Murders delivers a masterful mystery-within-a-mystery that PBS deemed worthy of MASTERPIECE adaptation. Hailed as "catnip for classic mystery lovers," Horowitz's NYT Bestseller brilliantly hides crucial clues inside a complete second novel. Can you spot what everyone else missed?
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A Murder Mystery Wrapped in Another Murder Mystery
In the sleepy English countryside of Suffolk stands Branlow Hall, a luxury hotel with a dark secret. Eight years ago, advertising executive Frank Parris was brutally murdered there the night before Cecily Treherne's wedding. A Romanian maintenance worker named Stefan Codrescu was convicted of the crime, case closed - or so everyone thought. Now Cecily has vanished after reading a crime novel called "Atticus Pund Takes the Case," convinced it contains clues proving Stefan's innocence. Enter Susan Ryeland, former editor of the novel's deceased author Alan Conway, who finds herself reluctantly pulled from her new life running a hotel in Crete back into the dangerous world of detection. Susan has traded London's publishing scene for eighteen-hour days running a struggling hotel with her partner Andreas. Despite the Aegean sunsets, mounting debt has strained their relationship. When Lawrence and Pauline Treherne arrive offering 10,000 for her help finding their missing daughter Cecily, Susan's financial worries win out. Back in England, everything feels different - grayer, noisier, overwhelming. At magnificent Branlow Hall, with its Gothic towers and stone chimneys, she's assigned to the "Moonflower Wing" - the same name Conway gave the hotel in his novel. Room twelve, where Frank Parris was murdered, now serves as storage, its empty spaces creating an eerie atmosphere.
Unraveling the Web of Secrets
The Novel Within: A Literary Puzzle Box
The Hidden Truth Emerges
When Fiction Reveals Truth
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