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A Rupert Wilde Golden Age Murder Mystery. It is the 1920s and Ambrose De Lacy is the doyen of mystery writers and founder of The Murder Club, an exclusive social club for successful authors of crime fiction. He receives death threats by post and so consults private detective Rupert Wilde and his Indian assistant Kishen Chabra to get to the bottom of this sinister matter. However, the case proves to be more complex than it first appears. Wilde discovers that the killer is on a vengeful mission to eliminate various members of the club. And what is the dark secret from the past that De Lacy is harbouring? Wilde's investigations place him in personal danger before leading him and Kishen to the mysterious isolated cottage on the south coast where horror awaits. However, there are more clues to follow before Wilde is able to unmask the murderer.

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(David Stuart Davies) breathes new life into the traditional British mystery - Val McDermid David Stuart Davies knows how to write and how to twist a knife inside the reader's mind - Peter James Dark but delicious - Gyles Brandreth

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David Stuart Davies is an author, playwright and editor. He has written nine Sherlock Holmes novels and Starring Sherlock Holmes, which details the film career of the famous sleuth. He has also created detective series set variously in London during World War II, New York in the 1930s and 1980s Yorkshire. His non-fiction work Bending the Willow: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes is regarded as the definitive work on the subject. Currently, he is the general contributing editor for Wordsworth Editions Mystery & Supernatural series. He is an invested Baker Street Irregular, and a member of The Detection Club. He has given talks and dramatic presentations on crime fiction and his collections of ghost stories at various literary festivals, libraries, and conferences as well on the Queen Mary II. His first Rupert Wilde Mystery, The Dead of Winter, was published by Level Best Books in 2022.

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