Their first book together, "The Word is Murder", is being filmed. Anthony isn't really excited about the project: the scriptwriter is making a lot of changes to reflect her passion for the environment, the actor who is playing him is washed up, and no one seems to want or care about his opinion. When the actor playing Hawthorne is stabbed on the set, the two of them find themselves embroiled in a new case (and, for Anthony, a new book).
Turns out David Caine (the actor playing Hawthorne) had made a lot of enemies, so there are no shortage of suspects. Not just the people on the set, but someone who lives in the village where the movie is being filmed who has a grudge against the real Hawthorne: a woman whose husband Hawthorne helped get convicted of murder a decade ago. She claims he was innocent. Hawthorne stands by his belief that he was guilty, although he does admit there are some lingering questions in his mind.
The second half of the book went back to that crime, before Hawthorne and Anthony met. Horowitz was able to tie it all together in a very interesting way.
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