From the globally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz comes A Deadly Episode, the gripping new murder mystery and the sixth installment in the acclaimed Hawthorne and Horowitz series. This novel plunges readers into the chaotic world of filmmaking when a real-life crime interrupts the production of a major feature film adaptation of the first book in the series, The Word is Murder.

• The latest entry in the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries series, following Close to Death.
• Features Hawthorne investigating a crime that occurs on the set of the film adaptation of his own story.
• Written by Anthony Horowitz, praised by the Sunday Times as 'Easily the greatest of our crime writers.'
• A wild ride through a world the author knows intimately, presenting Hawthorne with his most personal case yet.

With the actors cast and filming underway in Hastings for the movie adaptation of The Word is Murder, Hawthorne and Anthony visit the set only to find tension among the pretentious director, the eco-warrior screenwriter, the feuding stars, and the cash-strapped producer. When the actor playing Hawthorne is stabbed, the real Hawthorne must step in to investigate, questioning whether the intended target was actually himself.

• Author: Horowitz, Anthony
• Series: Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries (Book 6 of 6)
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 384 pages
• Publication Date: April 23, 2026
• ISBN-10: 1529904323
• ISBN-13: 978-1529904321
• Dimensions: 164 x 35 x 242 mm
• Weight: 588 g

Dive into this unputdownable mystery where fiction and reality collide as Hawthorne tackles a case set right under his nose.