Bloody Horowitz by Anthony Horowitz 330 pages

Successful author of the Alex Rider series and the Diamond Brothers mysteries, crafts twisted horror stories. They are a bit tongue-in-cheek (especially the story of the murder of rival teen author Darren Shan). Some humor, some gore perhaps a step up from Goosebumps, R.L. Stine. I did enjoy the last "note from the President of Penguin Young Readers Group" about his distaste for the manuscript. It actually sounded to be like Alfred Hitchcock rising from the grave to give his wrap up at the end of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Mordant chuckles.