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Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) by Tom Mead, (Artist) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) about?
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best Mysteries of 2022 Selection In 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 Scotland Yard detective on the case calls on retired stage magician-turned-part-time sleuth Joseph Spector. For who better to make sense of the impossible than one who traffics in illusions? Spector has a knack for explaining the inexplicable, but even he finds that there is more to this mystery than meets the eye. As he and the Inspector interview the colorful cast of suspects among the psychiatrist's patients and household, they uncover no shortage of dark secrets—or motives for murder. When the investigation dovetails into that of an apparently-impossible theft, the detectives consider the possibility that the two transgressions are related. And when a second murder occurs, this time in an impenetrable elevator, they realize t
Who reads Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Tom Mead, (Artist)
- Publisher
- Mysterious Press, an imprint of Penzler Publishers
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781613163191
- Category
- work of fiction
