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Three Card Murder
The Impossible Crimes Series (Book 1)
- Author
- J.L. Blackhurst
- Narrator
- Candida Gubbins
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 31 August 2023
- Run Time
- 9 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Crime & mystery: women sleuths, Crime & mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Thriller / suspense fiction
- Rating
- 3.0 (1 review)
What to expect
’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’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Critics Review
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’An ending I never saw coming’ Faith Martin
’Twisty, tricksy and whip-smart … crackles with tension and humour’ Marion Todd
’So original, so fresh and very funny’ T. Orr Munro
‘I loved this book! It’s deliciously complex – a mystery that really makes you think, with characters that refuse to be pigeonholed. I turned the last page and wanted more’ Imogen Clark
‘The perfect Summer Holiday Read. Filled with murders, twists, feuding sisters and a real heart’ Derek Farrell
‘Wowzers. It’s a brain-teasing, page turning, triple locked room puzzle of a read! Loved the fresh and unique detective and amateur sleuth duo. A total must-read!’ Steph Broadribb
User Reviews
Book 3.0
Narration 3.0
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3.0 3.0
An ok book, with similar narration. Wouldnt rave over it, and unlikeky I would recommend it to anyone. Unfortunately dont think I will be buying anymore of this author
Nigel Tansley 2024-05-20
Details
- Author
- J.L. Blackhurst
- Narrator
- Candida Gubbins
- Duration
- 9 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 August 2023
- ISBN
- 9780008567262
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Crime & mystery: women sleuths, Crime & mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Thriller / suspense fiction
- Rating
- 3.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 3.0(1 review)
Synopsis
One sister is a cop.The other a con artist.Both are suspects. ’Three deviously clever impossible crimes’ Gigi Pandian ’I especially loved the strident, salty, can’t-live-with-can’t-live-without relationship between the two sisters’ J.M. Hall ’I was gripped’ Louise Jensen ’An ending I never saw coming’ Faith Martin ’Twisty, tricksy and whip-smart … crackles with tension and humour’ Marion Todd ‘Ingenious, fun and very different from so many of the crime books out there today’ Ajay Chowdhury 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?
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