I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the CABARET MACABRE by Tom
Mead Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to
enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
Author: Tom Mead
Pub. Date: July 16, 2024
Publisher: Mysterious
Press
Formats: Hardcover, eBook,
Audiobook
Pages: 320
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/CABARET-MACABRE
This latest puzzle mystery from the author of Death and the
Conjuror and The Murder Wheel takes stage magician
sleuth Joseph Spector to a grand estate in the English countryside.
Victor Silvius has spent nine years as an inmate at The Grange, a private
sanatorium, for the crime of attacking judge Sir Giles Drury. Now, the judge’s
wife, Lady Elspeth Drury, believes that Silvius is the one responsible for a
series of threatening letters her husband has recently received. Eager to avoid
the scandal that involving the local police would entail, Lady Elspeth seeks
out retired stage magician Joseph Spector, whose discreet involvement in a case
Sir Giles recently presided over greatly impressed her.
Meanwhile, Miss Caroline Silvius is disturbed after a recent visit to her
brother Victor, convinced that he isn’t safe at The Grange. Someone is trying
to kill him and she suspects the judge, who has already made Silvius’ life a
living hell, may be behind it. Caroline hires Inspector George Flint of
Scotland Yard to investigate.
The two cases collide at Marchbanks, the Drury family seat of over four
hundred years, where a series of unnerving events interrupt the peace and quiet
of the snowy countryside. A body is discovered in the middle of a frozen pond
without any means of getting there and a rifle is fired through a closed
window, killing a man but not breaking the glass. Only Spector and his mastery
of the art of misdirection can uncover the logical explanations for these
impossible crimes.
An atmospheric and puzzling traditional mystery that pays homage to the
greatest writers of the genre’s Golden Age, Cabaret Macabre is
the third book in Tom Mead’s Joseph Spector series, hailed by the Wall
Street Journal as “a recipe for pure nostalgic pleasure.” The books
can be enjoyed in any order.
Reviews:
"Ingenious . . . Mead hides all
the clues in plain sight, constructing a fair-play puzzle that will delight and
challenge readers who love pitting their own wits against the author’s. It’s
another crackerjack entry in an exceptional series."― Publishers
Weekly STARRED REVIEW
"Mind-bogglingly complex . . . A lovely valentine to Mead’s idol, John
Dickson Carr, and even more to Clayton Rawson’s tales of The Great
Merlini."― Kirkus
My Review:
I really enjoyed this story. It begins with an old murder masked as a suicide. Present death threats bring a slew of characters to Marchbanks. What ensues is murder, mystery and family bonds. I am a huge fan of the movie Clue. I met Tim Curry, collect Clue board games, and had a Clue themed rehearsal dinner. I loved that there was a dead guy in the middle of a frozen pond and another dead guy killed in a locked room with no one else there. The author uses a magician to help Scotland Yard solve the murders, and the reader also gets to see magic tricks preformed and explained. The clues are all there and I had fun putting them together. I was surprised at the end because I did not see the involvement of a certain character. I can not recommend this book enough. The characters and their families are definitely interesting. I am giving this book a 5/5. I was given a copy, however all opinions are my own.
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. His third novel, Cabaret
Macabre, will be published in 2024.
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Giveaway Details:
3 winners
will receive a finished copy of CABARET MACABRE, US Only.
Ends August 6th, midnight EST.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
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7/1/2024 |
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7/2/2024 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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7/3/2024 |
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7/4/2024 |
Excerpt |
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7/5/2024 |
Excerpt |
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7/6/2024 |
Excerpt |
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7/7/2024 |
IG Review |
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7/8/2024 |
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7/9/2024 |
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7/10/2024 |
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7/17/2024 |
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7/27/2024 |
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7/28/2024 |
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