Magpie Murders
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When seasoned editor Susan Ryeland begins reading the manuscript of bestselling crime writer Alan Conway’s newest novel, she expects another cozy mystery featuring his signature sleuth, the sharp and logical Atticus Pünd. A murder at a grand English manor, a tangle of suspects, and a tidy resolution—classic, charming, and familiar.
But as she turns the pages, something feels… off.
Beneath the polished homage to Golden Age whodunits lies a second, far more sinister mystery—one that seeps into Susan’s real world. Alan Conway is dead, and Susan suspects the clues to why are hidden within the fictional murder he’s penned. As fiction and reality begin to blur, she must unravel both plots to uncover the truth.
Ingenious, layered, and devilishly clever, Magpie Murders is a modern mystery wrapped in a vintage riddle. A tribute to Agatha Christie with a contemporary sting, it invites the reader to become the detective—twice.