FeaturinghisfamousliterarydetectiveAtticusPundandSusanRyeland,herooftheworldwidebestsellerMagpieMurders,abrilliantlycomplexliterarythrillerwithechoesofAgathaChristiefromNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorAnthonyHorowitz.RetiredpublisherSusanRyelandislivingthegoodlife.SheisrunningasmallhotelonaGreekislandwithherlong-termboyfriendAndreas.Itshouldbeeverythingshe’salwayswanted.Butisit?She’sexhaustedwiththeresponsibilitiesofmakingeverythingworkonanislandwherenothingeverdoes,andtruthbetoldshe’sbeginningtomissLondon.AndthentheTrehearnescometostay.Thestrangeandmysteriousstorytheytell,aboutanunfortunatemurderthattookplaceonthesamedayandinthesamehotelinwhichtheirdaughterwasmarried--apicturesqueinnontheSuffolkcoastnamedFarlingayeHall--fascinatesSusanandpiqueshereditor’sinstincts.Oneofherformerwriters,thelateAlanConway,authorofthefictionalMagpieMurders,knewthemurdervictim--anadvertisingexecutivenamedFrankParris--andoncevisitedFarlingayeHall.Conwaybasedthethirdbookinhisdetectiveseries,AtticusPundTakestheCake,onthatverycrime.TheTrehearne’s,daughter,Cecily,readConway’smysteryandbelievedthebookprovesthatthemanconvictedofParris’smurder--aRomanianimmigrantwhowasthehotel’shandyman--isinnocent.WhentheTrehearnesrevealthatCecilyisnowmissing,SusanknowsthatshemustreturntoEnglandandfindoutwhatreallyhappened.Brilliantlyclever,relentlesslysuspenseful,fulloftwiststhatwillkeepreadersguessingwitheachrevelationandclue,MoonflowerMurdersisadeviouslydarktakeonvintageEnglishcrimefictionfromoneofitsgreatestmasterminds,AnthonyHorowitz.
