Snakehead, Anthony Horowitz
Snakehead, Anthony Horowitz
2 Rating(s)
List: $19.99 | Sale: $13.99
Club: $9.99

Snakehead

Author: Anthony Horowitz

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 9 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/03/2008


Synopsis

Alex Rider is an orphan turned teen superspy who’s saving the world one mission at a time—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz!

When Alex Rider crash-lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian Secret Service recruits him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating across Southeast Asia. Known as snakeheads, the gangs smuggle drugs, weapons, and worst of all, people. Alex accepts the assignment, in part
for the chance to work with his godfather and learn more about his parents. What he uncovers, however, is a secret that will make this his darkest and most dangerous mission yet … and the knowledge that his old nemesis, Scorpia, is anything but out of his life.

About Anthony Horowitz

English born author, Anthony Horowitz, is a novelist and screenwriter specializing in mystery and suspense genres. He was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, and his family was of the Jewish faith. He was a rather unhappy child, being overweight, and spent much of his youth reading many books from his father's library. It is no surprise that he started writing at the age of 8 or nine years old. He used books to escape the reality of being pretty sedentary, with no talent or physique for participating in sports. He was an author in the making.

Horowitz juggles his interests among writing books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. His works include over 40 books, including a teen spy thriller, the Alex Rider series. He is estimated to have sold 19 million copies worldwide. A few of his other works include: Power of Five series (including the conclusion novel, Oblivion), two Sherlock Holmes novels.......The House of Silk and Moriarty, and a new James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis.

Horowirz also created and wrote some of the most popular television series in the UK. Among the series are: Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War, Collision, Injustice, and New Blood.

Horowitz joined the Home Start group, in Suffolk, to support those working with families across the county who are facing challenges such as mental health issues, terminal illness, isolation, domestic abuse, poverty and many other problems. He has been quoted as saying.......Charity begins at Home Start.

Horowitz lives in Central London with his wife, Jill Green, (who produced his film Foyle's War), and their two sons. He considers himself a Conservative, and has specific ideas about today's political climate. He has been very critical of the social phenomenon of cancel culture and "mobbing" of figures for expressing their personal opinions. He says that people are so quick to want to cause total loss for anyone who disagrees with them. Total loss to the point of death threats, and hoping they lose their entire means to survive and care for their families. The political discourses are sadly used as reasons to hate. Horowitz is opposed to hatred of any sort.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ryan on January 07, 2019

You weren’t in any real danger. We knew exactly where you were all the time. another Alex Rider book is done and usually at this point i would be finished a series but not this one i still have another four books in this series to go until i finish it. Plot: This one picks up right after the event......more

Goodreads review by Loren on February 03, 2008

Well... It was okay. I'm kinda getting sick of horowitz's methodical style of writing this series. It seemed that everything was building up to 'Scorpia' and after its cataclysmic ending there just had to be a wrap-up book-but Snakehead... kinda boring. The author tried to make it personal by bringin......more

Goodreads review by Kris on February 20, 2025

okay the novelty factor has worn off, these books aren’t that good, this one actively pissed me off but i had nothing else on several hellish bus journeys, there’s only so many times he can be the most frightened he’s ever been also plot hole in book 12 he said he’s never parachuted at night but in......more