What should you read this summer? With Anthony Horowitz

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 Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Rey? We put your questions to our panel of Penguin experts and speak with Marble Hall Murders author Anthony Horowitz about his final book in the Magpie Murders series. Explore the full list of books discussed on this episode and read the transcript by visiting: Season 2, Episode 6: Summer Reads Want to have your say on what's next for Ask Penguin? Click here! Send us a question: penguinpodcast@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk Website: Bestselling author Anthony Horowitz has written two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk and Moriarty ; three James Bond novels, Trigger Mortis , Forever and a Day and With a Mind to Kill ; the acclaimed bestselling mystery novels Magpie Murders , Moonflower Murders and Marble Hall Murders ; and the Detective Hawthorne novels, The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death , A Line To Kill , The Twist of a Knife and Close to Death . 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 Midsomer Murders and Foyle’s War . In January 2022 he was awarded a CBE for his services to literature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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What should you read this summer? With Anthony Horowitz is an episode from The Penguin Podcast by Penguin Books UK.

This episode is 47:16 long.

This episode was published on Jun 19, 2025.

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