The fictional version of Anthony Horowitz is working on his fifth book detailing a murder case solved by PI Hawthorne, but this time, he's writing about a closed case from earlier in Hawthorne's career. This particular case was the murder of hedge fund manager Giles Kenworthy, a horrible neighbor in the small gated community of Riverside Close. After annoying his neighbors for several months, Kenworthy was found dead just inside his home, and while the murder weapon points to a specific neighbor (there's only one that owns a crossbow, after all), the neighbors are all keeping their lips sealed and Hawthorne was convinced there was more to this mystery than it seemed.
I haven't read the first four Hawthorne books, but Horowitz once again uses his book-within-a-book trope in this one, somewhat less successfully, in my opinion, given that the case is a long-closed one instead of ongoing as the fictional Horowitz writes it. I don't know that the "modern day" bits about faux-Horowitz's writing and investigating process really add anything to what's an excellent mystery on its own. My suggestion: give this one a read, but feel free to skim anything that isn't the murder and Hawthorne's investigation.
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