Death and the Conjuror

Beschreibung

LIKE LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES? YOU'LL LOVE TOM MEAD'S JOSEPH SPECTOR SERIES!<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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, no witnesses, and no evidence of the murder weapon. <BR><BR>Puzzled, Inspector Flint of Scotland Yard calls on retired stage magician turned part-time sleuth Joseph Spector. Spector has a knack for explaining the inexplicable, but even he finds more to this mystery than meets the eye. <BR><BR>As Spector and the Inspector interview the colourful cast of suspects, they uncover no shortage of dark secrets... or motives for murder.

And when a second impossible death occurs, they realise the cuplrit will not cease in their deadly mission unless they are caught.<BR><BR>Readers love Death and the Conjuror: one of the Mysteries of the Year for both Publishers Weekly and the Guardian.<BR><BR>'Pure escapism and an excellent puzzle, ingeniously expounded' The Times<BR>'Splendidly tricksy' Guardian<BR>'An intricate "impossible" crime that completely fooled me' Peter Lovesey<BR>'A real treat for mystery fans' Ragnar Jónasson <BR>'A beautiful, dark, atmospheric story' Victoria Dowd<BR><BR>Read all the perfectly puzzling Spector Locked-Room Mysteries from Head of Zeus:<BR><BR>#1 Death and the Conjuror<BR>#2 The Murder Wheel<BR>#3 Cabaret Macabre<BR>#4 The House at Devil's Neck

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