Anthony Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter. He specializes in Mystery and Suspense but also dabbles in Adventure, Thriller, Horror, and Fantasy. He writes both adult books and books for children and young adults.
His writing for children and young adults includes The Alex Rider series, featuring a 14-year-old British boy who spies for M16, the Power of Five series known as “The Gatekeepers” in the US, and the Diamond Brothers series. Let’s check out the 5 top Anthony Horowitz must-read novels!
5 Top Anthony Horowitz Must-Read Novels
1. Magpie Murders
Alan Conway is a bestselling crime writer. His editor, Susan Ryeland, has worked with him for years. Alan traditionally writes about classic British crimes. He was highly successful, so successful that Susan must continue to deal with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job.
Susan was frightened and concerned when she received Alan’s most recent manuscript. There will be dead bodies, a cast of intriguing suspects, and plenty of clues to be provided along the way. The more Susan reads, however, the more she realizes that another story is hidden within the pages of the manuscript. It includes ambition, jealousy, and greed, and will eventually lead to murder. “Magpie Murders” is a devious, dark tale about vintage crime fiction.
2. Stormbreaker
His Uncle died in an accident and supposedly was not wearing his seatbelt. When Alex discovered that his uncle’s windshield had multiple bullet holes, he knew it was no accident. What he didn’t realize was that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission.
Once Alex starts digging, he finds himself in the middle of terrorists, and he must outsmart the people who want him dead. He has the technology from the government, but only he can provide the courage. If he fails, every child in England will be murdered in cold blood.
3. The Word is Murder
One morning in London, Diana Cowper, a wealthy mother, walks into a funeral parlor and wants to plan her own service. Six hours later, she is found dead, strangled. Police detective Daniel Hawthorne is in the middle of a story he can’t control. He is quick to want to crack the case.
What does he do? He needs a ghostwriter to live; a Watson to his Holmes, so he chooses Anthony Horowitz. The writer and detective, soon form an unusual partnership/relationship. It becomes clear that Hawthorne is hiding some dark secrets of his own. This is a tricky mystery that springs many surprises. Anthony Horowitz writes this fictional version of himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes!
4. Point Blanc
Point Blanc is the second book in the Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz. Sixteen boys in a remote boarding school don’t act or talk like they should, but they are amongst some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful families.
Juvenile delinquency includes drugs, shoplifting, and vandalism. Suddenly, they are perfect, well-behaved, and very studious. Something is wrong, very wrong, and only 14-year-old secret agent Alex Rider can save them from themselves. How does he do it? This book is full of wizardry and a James Bond-like spirit. This sequel to Stormbreaker is a thrill ride you won’t want to miss!
5. Scorpia
The last but not least on our top 5 Anthony Horowitz must reads is about Alex Rider, teen spy who was always told he was the spitting image of the father he unfortunately never knew. Alex learns his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world (Scorpia). Scorpia now wants Alex.
Alex feels he doesn’t have the strength to fight them. He soon discovers their latest plot operation known as “The Invisible Sword”. It could result in the deaths of thousands of people. Can Alex prevent the slaughter, or will he not be strong enough and Scorpia will prevail, and the terror will not be stopped?
