LIKE LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES? YOU'LL LOVE TOM MEAD'S JOSEPH SPECTOR SERIES!An enthralling locked-room murder mystery inspired by Golden Age Crime Fiction, Death and the Conjuror is the critically acclaimed debut novel by Tom Mead.1936, London. A celebrity psychiatrist is discovered dead in his locked study. There seems to be no way a killer could have escaped unseen. There are no clues

The second delightfully difficult locked-room mystery from Tom Mead, featuring amateur sleuth Joseph Spector. A sparkling return to the Golden Age of Crime Fiction, where even the most fiendish of mysteries can be unlocked by a keen eye and a sharp mind...1938, London. Ambitious lawyer Edmund Ibbs has got his teeth into the case of a lifetime – defending the young woman accused of shooting her husband in the infamous 'Ferris Wheel Murder' case. Despite a plethora o...

LIKE LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES? YOU'LL LOVE TOM MEAD'S JOSEPH SPECTOR SERIES!This gripping locked-room mystery sees Joseph Spector investigate his most sinister case yet: murderous machinations at a haunted manor house**.**A former First World War field hospital, the spooky old mansion at Devil's Neck attracts spirit-seekers from far and wide.Illusionist-turned-sleuth Joseph Spector knows the house of old. With stories spreading of a ph...

**A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best Mysteries of 2022 SelectionIn this "sharply-drawn period piece" (New York Times), a magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes.**In 1930s London, celebrity psychiatrist Anselm Rees is discovered dead in his locked study, and there seems to be no way that a killer could have escaped unseen. There are no clues, no witnesses, and no evidence of the murder weapon. Stumped by the confounding scene, the Scotl...

This latest puzzle mystery from the author of Death and the Conjuror and The Murder Wheel takes stage magician sleuth Joseph Spector to a grand estate in the English countryside.Victor Silvius has spent nine years as an inmate at The Grange, a private sanatorium, for the crime of attacking judge Sir Giles Drury. Now, the judge's wife, Lady Elspeth Drury, believes that Silvius is the one responsible for a series of threatening letters her husband h...

In this latest locked room mystery from the author of Cabaret Macabre, amateur sleuth Joseph Spector pits his knowledge of stage magic against the seemingly supernatural when a seance at an isolated old hospital turns deadly.An apparent suicide in a London townhouse uncannily mirrors a similar incident from twenty-five years ago, prompting Scotland Yard's George Flint to delve deep into the past in search of the solution to a long-forgotten mystery.

**Sleuthing stage magician Joseph Spector (Death and the Conjuror) returns to investigate a baffling series of impossible crimes."Even readers who live to match wits with canny authors and detectives are likely to be outwitted by this one."—Kirkus**"Can you solve the Ferris wheel murder case?"When a sensational killing rocks 1938 London, local newspaper ads offer a hefty sum to the person who can say whodunnit. A man has been shot dead at the top o...

An English country house at Christmas proves the perfect hunting ground for a determined killer. Sleuth and illusionist Joseph Spector investigates his most complex case yet in this gripping new locked-room murder mystery.'Cabaret Macabre really had it all... The twisted and complex puzzle totally foxed me, and although I hate to admit it, I really didn't have a clue whodunnit! Entertaining and fiendishly clever.' Joy Ellis, #1 bestselling author

Londra, 1936. In una tipica serata di pioggia il famoso psichiatra Anselm Rees viene trovato morto nel suo studio, assassinato. La finestra è sigillata e la porta chiusa dall'interno. Non ci sono indizi né tracce dell'arma del delitto e, stando alle circostanze, è impossibile che l'assassino sia fuggito senza essere visto. Eppure...Per trovare la chiave di volta di quest'indagine a prima vista paradossale, l'ispettore Flint convoca un alleato d'eccezione: Joseph Spector, suo amico ...

MEJOR NOVELA DE MISTERIO SEGÚN THE GUARDIAN, THE TIMES Y CRIME TIMEUn crimen imposible, un mago retirado y un asesino desaparecido como por arte de magiaLondres, 1936. El célebre psiquiatra Anselm Rees aparece muerto en su estudio, asesinado. La ventana está sellada y la puerta cerrada con llave por dentro. No hay pistas, ni testigos, ni arma del crimen y, dadas las circunstancias, es imposible qu...

Bloomsbury presents The House at Devil's Neck by Tom Mead, read by Philip BattleyLIKE LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES? YOU'LL LOVE TOM MEAD'S JOSEPH SPECTOR SERIES!This gripping locked-room mystery sees Joseph Spector investigate his most sinister case yet: murderous machinations at a haunted manor house**.**A former First World War field hospital, the spooky old mansion at Devil's Neck attracts spirit-seekers from far and wide....

Bloomsbury presents Cabaret Macabre by Tom Mead, read by Philip Battley.'Cabaret Macabre really had it all... The twisted and complex puzzle totally foxed me, and although I hate to admit it, I really didn't have a clue whodunnit! Entertaining and fiendishly clever.' Joy Ellis, #1 bestselling authorSleuth and illusionist Joseph Spector investigates his most complex case yet in this gripping new locked-room murder mystery, set in an English country house just before the Seco...