Death And The Conjuror

Just finished reading "Death And The Conjuror" by Tom Mead, published by Mysterious Press.
Mead's previously published adventures of his detective Joseph Spector, a semi-retired magician who has a penchant for solving locked room mysteries in short stories that appeared in Ellery Queen Magazine.
In his first novel-length mystery, Joseph Spector is brought in by his friend Police Inspector Flint to solve three seemingly impossible mysteries that at first glance don't seem to be connected, but have at their centers the rather brutal murder of psychiatrist Anselm Rees who was murdered in his locked home office. There is also the mystery of how a painting by an acclaimed artist vanished in the midst of a party hosted by the artist. And there is also the odd murder of a bell boy who seemingly has no connection to the other two crimes.
"Death And The Conjuror" is an engrossing classic locked room murder mystery in the tradition of John Dickson Carr. Joseph Spector is in the grand tradition of Golden Age detectives. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
Strongly Recommended!
Five Stars!

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