The Indian Rope Trick And Other Violent Entertainments

The Indian Rope Trick And Other Violent Entertainments - Paperback

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The Indian Rope Trick And Other Violent Entertainments - Paperback

The Indian Rope Trick And Other Violent Entertainments - Paperback

by Tom Mead
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Book Overview

One of the most enjoyable resurgences in mystery fiction has been the return of the locked room mystery, a crime scene where the victim is found in a secure space with no visible means of entrance or egress. Crippen & Landru has published some of the best locked rooms mysteries with collections by John Dickson Carr and Edward Hoch. While locked rooms have been around since Edgar Allan Poe, we are enjoying the new generation of talented mystery authors.


One of these clever new authors is Tom Mead, who pens the Joseph Spector series. In three novels and numerous short stories, Mead has shown that Golden Age mysteries are not gone-or forgotten. Spector appears in all but two of the stories in this collection. (One of non-Spector works is "The Wager," the additional chapbook included with the clothbound signed and numbered edition.) Three of the remaining stories are new- never been published until now.


So read the brand-new stories here and match wits with Joseph Spector - and Tom Mead.

ISBN9781936363902
Author Tom Mead
PublisherCrippen & Landru Publishers
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages182
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Tom Mead

Tom Mead is an author, translator, and aficionado of Golden Age crime fiction. He is the creator of the Joseph Spector locked room mystery series, which has been translated into ten languages (and counting), and is soon to be adapted for the screen. His debut novel, Death and the Conjuror, was nominated for the Capital Crime Award for Debut Novel of the Year and the Historical Writers' Association Debut Crown. It was also named one of the best mysteries of the year by The Guardian and Publishers Weekly. Its sequel, The Murder Wheel, was named one of the Best Traditional Mysteries of 2023 by Crimereads and the Daily Telegraph, as well as nominated for a Capital Crime Award and longlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award. His third novel, Cabaret Macabre was published in August 2024, along with a collection of short stories, The Indian Rope Trick and Other Violent Entertainments, in November 2024.

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