What Fiction are you reading this week, Jan. 17, 2021?

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13. I just finished "The Word is Murder" by Anthony Horowitz.

The premise was interesting. A woman plans her own funeral & then is murdered later that day. The mystery itself wasn't bad, although I felt too much time was spent on the red herring. However, my real problem with the book was that the book's author inserted himself into the story as himself. The main character, Tony Horowitz, tags along with the detective who is solving the murder, with the intent to write a book about the case after it's solved. There were too many mentions of his other works and a lot of Hollywood name dropping, none of which added to the story IMO. Throughout the book it felt as though the author, both the real author & the character author, would rather have been working on a different project. The detective Hawthorne was a more interesting character & it's too bad the book wasn't written from his POV.

This is my first Horowitz book. Not sure I'd read another.