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Our beloved author spent 2/3 of the book unfolding his plot and twists even though he opened the story briefly. I thought I can feel his strained writing process between lines. Only when the partners (Hawthorne and Tony) started to look into the old sins, which was about last 1/3 of the book, the development of story began to be interesting. I absolutely like the chemicals between Hawthorne and Horowitz, the latter been the weak one in the relationship yet Hawthorne clearly enjoyed Horowitz’s accompany.
I rated this book lowest points of all Hawthorne tetralogy (so far four series had been published. But I assume, naturally and automatically, there will be at least one more coming according to what Anthony Horowitz implied in The Twist of Knife) for another reason besides the aforementioned dragging plot. That would be the low credential mechanics.
For the clear finger marks on hilt. How can Tirian kill Harriet without smudging the finger marks? Even if he wrapped something around the hilt there couldn’t be a clear finger mark. Same result if Tirian wore a glove. If Tirian held other part of the Macbeth souvenir knife, it’s highly impossible for him to execute a quick lethal stab that caused Harriet’s death. Mind you, it’s not easy to kill with a knife.
For the hair from the towel used to frame Jordan Williams. It is against intuition that Tirian searching some falling hair from his towel. Mind you readers, Jordan was asleep in the room where was pitch dark in the middle of the night. The efficient and sure way is to get sample from his brush, hair brush. But to let Horowitz to be the only fit suspect, author Horowitz has to let Tirian collecting hair sample in a counterintuitive way. I don’t buy it.