The brilliant detective novel by Anthony Horowitz is now available in a Collectible Edition with a hardcover, painted endpapers, and additional material including an interview with the author and book reviews.

Who killed Sir Magnus Pike? On that August evening, when the publishing editor Susan Ryland began reading the manuscript of a detective novel featuring detective Atticus Pund, she had no idea she would have to write the ending herself… The author Alan Conway was the biggest name at the publishing house, and everyone was relying on the success of his new book. The ninth case of the famous detective concerned the suspicious death of a housekeeper and the murder of her wealthy employer in a British county, in 1955.

As she approached the ending, Susan realized the last pages were missing. What was the point of reading a detective novel that did not reveal the solution to the mystery? she wondered as she tossed the manuscript aside. The answer came from the voice on the radio. The author of the book had been found dead. The handwritten suicide note was already on her publisher's desk, Charles Clover. From that moment on, Susan knew she would go from reader to detective…

No one can resist a good detective book. This is a warning…

Susan Ryland