What should you read this summer? With Anthony Horowitz
About this episode
<p><br></p><p>What are the books that give you all the Summer feels? Can you recommend the perfect thrillers to take on holiday? And which books evoke the song <em>Summertime Sadness</em> by Lana Del Rey? We put your questions to our panel of Penguin experts and speak with <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/454828/marble-hall-murders-by-horowitz-anthony/9781529904345?utm_campaign=Ask+Penguin+Series+2+Summer+Reads&utm_source=penguinwebsite&utm_medium=podcast&utm_camteam=penguin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Marble Hall Murders</em></a> author <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/185113/anthony-horowitz?utm_campaign=Ask+Penguin+Series+2+Summer+reads&utm_source=penguinwebsite&utm_medium=podcast&utm_camteam=penguin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anthony Horowitz</a> about his final book in the Magpie Murders series. </p><br><p>Explore the full list of books discussed on this episode and read the transcript by visiting: <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/the-penguin-podcast-series-2-episode-6-summer-reads?utm_campaign=Ask+Penguin+Series+2+Summer+Reads&utm_source=penguinwebsite&utm_medium=podcast&utm_camteam=penguin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Season 2, Episode 6: Summer Reads</a></p><br><p>Want to have your say on what's next for Ask Penguin? <a href="https://tinyurl.com/PodcastPRH?utm_campaign=Ask+Penguin+Series+2+Summer+Reads&utm_source=penguinwebsite&utm_medium=podcast&utm_camteam=penguin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here!</a></p><br><p>Send us a question: penguinpodcast@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk</p><br><p>Website: <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/podcast?utm_campaign=Ask+Penguin+Series+2+Summer+Reads&utm_source=penguinwebsite&utm_medium=podcast&utm_camteam=penguin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.penguin.co.uk/podcast</a></p><br><p>Bestselling author <strong>Anthony Horowitz</strong> has written two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, <em>The House of Silk</em> and <em>Moriarty</em>; three James Bond novels, <em>Trigger Mortis</em>, <em>Forever and a Day</em> and <em>With a Mind to Kill</em>; the acclaimed bestselling mystery novels <em>Magpie Murders</em>, <em>Moonflower Murders</em> and <em>Marble Hall Murders</em>; and the Detective Hawthorne novels, <em>The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death</em>, <em>A Line To Kill</em>, <em>The Twist of a Knife</em> and <em>Close to Death</em>.</p><br><p>He is also the author of the teen spy Alex Rider series, and ris esponsible for creating and writing some of the UK’s most loved and successful TV series, including <em>Midsomer Murders</em> and <em>Foyle’s War</em>. In January 2022 he was awarded a CBE for his services to literature.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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