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Thank you, NetGalley for giving access to an eBook copy of Cabaret Macabre by Tom Mead for free in exchange for an honest review. As this is a early publication day review my post will be spoiler free. The eBook I received from NetGalley doesn't do the cover justice, so I am using a cover image I have found through google (Fair use under the copyright act sections 29 and 30 under use for a review).
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Title: Cabaret Macabre
Series: A Spector Locked-Room Mystery #3
Author: Tom Mead
Genre: Mystery, Historical Mystery
Pages: 320
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Synopsis:
Hampshire, 1938. Victor Silvius is confined in a private sanatorium after attacking prominent judge Sir Giles Drury. When Sir Giles starts receiving sinister threatening letters, his wife suspects Silvius. Meanwhile, Silvius' sister Caroline is convinced her brother is about to be murdered... by none other than his old nemesis Sir Giles.
Caroline seeks the advice of Scotland Yard's Inspector Flint, while the Drurys, eager to avoid a scandal, turn to Joseph Spector. Spector, renowned magician turned sleuth, has an uncanny knack for solving complicated crimes – but this case will test his powers of deduction to their limits.
At a snowbound English country house, a body is found is impossible circumstances, and a killer's bullet is fired through a locked window without breaking the glass. Spector and Flint's investigations soon collide as they find themselves trapped by the snowstorm where anyone could be the next victim – or the killer...
Miniature Review
I really liked Tom’s writing style as it immersive and I couldn’t help but be drawn into the story. The story also had had great pacing, and I really enjoyed the atmospheric setting that Tom created. I can’t comment on the first two books in this series but there were so much packed into the pages of this book there was a lot of deaths, it was packed with mysteries, more suspects than a game of Cluedo and each death is more creative than the last. As the stakes were raised and the body count rose, the intensity in the book never let up.
The only way I can explain this book is an extraordinary balancing act between keeping the plot moving forward and so many death and possible guilty parties. This book could have easily become a hot mess but instead we have an astonishing piece of crime writing. This mystery had me completely intrigued, had me questioning everything and these two combined elements made it hard to put the book down.
I guarantee you won’t be able to anticipate all the twists and tricks Tom woven into this tale.
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