- Publisher: HQ
- Year: 2023
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 197x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9780008567248
- Product code: 539097
Three Card Murder
Postscript summary
The first in a gripping new mystery series introducing Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs
'A tasty whodunnit' The Sun
'Three deviously clever impossible crimes' Gigi Pandian, Edgar-award winning author
'A real puzzle box of a story' J.M. Hall, author of a A Spoonful of Murder
'An ending I never saw coming' Faith Martin, multi-million-copy selling author
DI Tess Fox's first murder scene has two big problems. One, the victim was thrown from the balcony of a flat locked from the inside. Two, Tess knows him.
But the biggest problem of all is Tess's half-sister, Sarah. She has links to the deceased and has the skills and criminal background to mastermind a locked-room murder. But she's a con-artist, not a killer.
When two more bodies turn up, Tess now has three locked room mysteries to solve and even more reason to be suspicious of Sarah. Can she trust someone who breaks the law for a living, even if she is family?
Tropes
Locked room
Impossible crime
Multiple murders
Family feuds
Sherlockian detective
Readers LOVE Three Card Murder
'Incredibly ingenious'
'One of the few authors where the twists leave me speechless'
'From the first sentence to the end I was hooked'
'This book was so much fun!'
'Has a narrative which is unique and one that you won't see coming'
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