Foreign-language adult fiction
Poisoned Pen
Spoiler-free summary
Martin Holland investigates the murder of a modern Hollywood screenwriter named William Shakespeare; the novel was published in Spanish and Dutch, but never in English.
Hollywood and the investigation surrounding a screenwriter named William Shakespeare. The pleasure lies in identity and danger, shaped by a self-contained narrative organised around one escalating central problem..
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Also published as
El asesinato de Shakespeare · Spain
William S. · Netherlands
Retitle / edition history
No English-language edition was published. The work appeared in Spanish as El asesinato de Shakespeare and in Dutch as William S.; Poisoned Pen is the English title used in bibliographies.
Can I start here?
Yes. The book or collection is designed to be approached without a required earlier volume.
What makes it different
The unpublished-English history makes this the archive's strangest ghost: a Horowitz murder mystery English-language readers can know about but still cannot properly read.
Setting
Hollywood and the investigation surrounding a screenwriter named William Shakespeare.
Content guidance
Peril and themes appropriate to the readership guidance above; consult the publisher edition for any title-specific advisory.
Title & retitling history
This guide uses Poisoned Pen. Known alternatives: El asesinato de Shakespeare (Spain); William S. (Netherlands).
Source-linked extras
Source-linked trivia
- Its unusual publication history makes it a Horowitz novel without a published English-language edition.
Continuity
This book does not require knowledge of a numbered series.
International editions
Published in Spanish as El asesinato de Shakespeare and Dutch as William S.; no English-language edition is recorded.
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