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J L Blackhurst

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’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Candida Gubbins

The Impossible Crimes Series

Three Card Murder

COMING SOON – PRE-ORDER NOWThe follow-up to Three Card Murder and the second book in a gripping new mystery series introducing Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs.
Members of the Lewes Bonfire Society would say afterwards that the event would have been a huge success that year, if it hadn’t been for the dead body…

When the charred remains of MP Rupert Millington are found inside a burning effigy, no one knows how they got there, but there are plenty of rumours about whodunnit.

The lead suspect wants Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs to help clear her name. She says she's being framed, but surely there is no smoke without fire.

The heat is on when a second victim is killed in a locked room while Tess and Sarah are in the building. Can the duo solve this puzzling mystery and find the real killer before they strike again?

Praise for J.L. Blackhurst

‘A tasty whodunnit’ The Sun

‘One of the few authors where the twists leave me speechless’ Netgalley reviewer,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

’A real puzzle box of a story’ J.M. Hall, author of A Spoonful of Murder

‘Incredibly ingenious’ Netglley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

’Twisty, tricksy and whip-smart … crackles with tension and humour’ Marion Todd, author of the Detective Clare Mackay series

‘From the first sentence to the end I was hooked’ Netglley reviewer,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

To be announced

Smoke and Murders