Magpie Murders

New with remainder mark. Hardcover 

"Magpie Murders" by Anthony Horowitz is a mystery novel with a unique structure, featuring a book within a book. It follows the story of Susan Ryeland, an editor who receives the manuscript of "Magpie Murders," a novel written by the fictional author Alan Conway. The manuscript tells the story of detective Atticus Pünd investigating the deaths of a housekeeper and her employer, Sir Magnus Pye, at Pye Hall in 1955. Susan discovers the manuscript is incomplete and, when Conway dies, she begins investigating his death, uncovering a real-life mystery that mirrors the plot of his novel.