The Murder Wheel, Tom Mead
The Murder Wheel, Tom Mead
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The Murder Wheel
A Locked-Room Mystery

Author: Tom Mead

Narrator: Jake Ruddle

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/11/2023

Synopsis

In London, 1938, young and idealistic lawyer Edmund Ibbs is trying to find any shred of evidence that his client Carla Dean wasn't the one who shot her husband dead at the top of a Ferris Wheel. But the deeper he digs, the more complex the case becomes, and Edmund soon finds himself drawn into a nightmarish web of conspiracy and murder. Before long he himself is implicated in not one but two seemingly impossible crimes.

First, a corpse appears out of thin air during a performance by famed illusionist "Professor Paolini" in front of a packed auditorium at the Pomegranate Theatre. Then a second victim is shot dead in a locked dressing room along one of the theatre's winding backstage corridors. Edmund is in exactly the wrong place at the wrong time, and attracts the suspicion of Scotland Yard inspector George Flint. Luckily, conjuror-turned-detective Joseph Spector is on the scene. Only Spector's uniquely logical perspective can pierce the veil of deceit in a world of illusion and misdirection, where seeing is not always believing.

Tom Mead continues to pay homage to the locked room mysteries of the Golden Age in this second Joseph Spector novel.

About Tom Mead

Tom Mead is a Derbyshire mystery writer and aficionado of Golden Age crime fiction. His debut novel, Death and the Conjuror, was an international bestseller, nominated for several awards, and named one of the best mysteries of the year by the Guardian and Publishers Weekly. Its sequel, The Murder Wheel, was described as "pure nostalgic pleasure" by the Wall Street Journal and "a delight" by the Daily Mail. It was also named one of the Best Traditional Mysteries of 2023 by CrimeReads.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on January 05, 2025

Great fun. I love this series so much.......more

Goodreads review by Kirsten on October 04, 2023

1,75 Stars I got this arc in exchange for an honest review! Two locked-room-mysteries and a murder on stage, what more can you ask for? Sounds great right? Unfortunatly, I don't think the execution of this concept was that great. It wasn't what I think it could have been, or tried to be. First of all,......more

Goodreads review by Oliver on March 25, 2024

An absolute delight. Just like the first book in the series this was wonderfully entertaining, with a series of apparently impossible mysteries, a likeable protagonist and a truly memorable sidekick in the form of magician’s assistant Martha.......more

Goodreads review by Linda on October 09, 2023

Carla Dean has been arrested for murdering her husband. Warmly written with wit and oh so clever plotting, The Murder Wheel is an absolute gem of its genre and a joy to read. It’s top notch writing with pitch perfect storytelling and I loved it. As an example of a kind of Golden Age crime writing I t......more

Goodreads review by Susan on August 07, 2023

The ferris wheel murder is a sensation among the public and in the press. The only person who could have shot the bank manager at the top of the wheel is his wife, but how stupid could one be to commit a murder under those circumstances? And Mrs. Dean is not a stupid woman...Signing on as part of he......more

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