#186 in Crime & mystery
The Word is Murder
- 400
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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About the book
The Word Is Murder is a 2017 mystery novel by British author Anthony Horowitz and the first novel in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. The story focuses on solving the murder of a woman who was involved in a hit-and-run accident ten years previously.
Reading order · Hawthorne & Horowitz
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 249 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 11 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 238 | 96% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“This was decent. It pokes a little fun at the genre of detective novels. Former detective, Hawthorne, is sometimes brought on by the London Metropolitan Police as a consultant on odd cases. He's also worked as a consultant on prominent, British, police procedural shows. When…”
“This was a bit slow for the first half and then I got more into it. I didn't like Hawthorne's character which was also initially a problem. But I stopped disliking him as much as the novel went on. This book was another take on…”
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How long is The Word is Murder?
It has 400 pages — shorter than 54% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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