Death and the Conjuror

by Tom Mead

London. 1930s. A murder happens in a closed room. Detective Inspector Flint investigates. Not just is it a who-dunnit, it’s a how-dunnit… Inspector Flint recruits the help of Joseph Spector, a conjuror (lucky their names aren’t reversed), who works with Flint to determine who the villain is and how the villain pulled the metaphorical rabbit out of its metaphorical hat. Nowadays, in the 2020s, there’d be loads of people in whites, supported by the Lab, doing all that… Keep your eyes open, don’t let your concentration wander, there are loads of clues…