The crime of room 12

The crime of room 12
de Anthony Horowitz

After the success of the series “Magpie Murders”, the audiovisual adaptation of A Brilliant Murder, comes The Murder in Room 12, a challenge for fans of detective investigations that once again demonstrates the mastery of Anthony Horowitz.

Susan Ryeland, dissatisfied with her new life in Crete, misses London. One day, she receives a visit from Lawrence and Pauline Treherne, owners of Branlow Hall, a luxurious hotel in England. The couple asks Susan for help to find her daughter. Cecily disappeared shortly after assuring her parents that the man serving time for a crime committed at her establishment is innocent.

On Cecily’s wedding day eight years ago, hotel guest Frank Parris was brutally beaten to death in his room. One of the staff members, Stefan Codrescu, was found guilty and is serving time in prison. However, after reading the late writer Alan Conway’s novel, inspired by Parris’s murder, Cecily declared herself convinced of Codrescu’s innocence. Susan was Conway’s editor, which is why the couple has traveled to Crete; perhaps she will be able to reread her novel and decipher the mystery.

Back in England, Susan takes up residence at Branlow Hall, where she is greeted with hostility, evasions, and attempts at manipulation. A murderer is on the loose.

Anthony Horowitz (1957) is a British novelist and screenwriter. He has written more than fifty books, including numerous novels for teens, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider, and The Diamond Brothers series. He has also written several scripts for television and has adapted several of Agatha Christie’s novels starring Hercule Poirot for the ITV series Agatha Christie’s Poirot. He is the head writer of the series Foyle’s War and Midsomer Murders and the creator of Collision. After A Brilliant Murder (Ediciones B, 2022), unanimously praised by the public and critics and the subject of a successful audiovisual adaptation, comes The Crime in Room 12.