This murder mystery is metafiction at its best. Every character in renowned author Anthony Horowitz’s latest book, Close to Death jumps out of the page with a nasty surprise. The novel picks up pace when Giles’s glamorous wife Lynda, comes home after attending a soiree with a friend and finds her husband dead at their doorstep. Detective Superintendent Tariq Khan …
On the Shelf Summer's Most Anticipated Thrillers If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Using Hugo’s convict-turned-businessman Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert as touchstones, “Even the Darkest Night,” winner of Spain’s most prestigious literary prize, asks big questions about justice, revenge and whether literature can change …
