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"""A triple-decker banquet honoring the golden age of mysteries and bidding fair to continue it to the present.""--Kirkus The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge is a complexly layered mystery perfect for fans of impossible mysteries inspired by Agatha Christie. Martin Edwards pens the perfect locked-tower puzzle with a gothic edge set in 1930s Northern England. 1930: Nell Fagan is looking for a second chance at a career in investigative journalism and the call of Blackstone Fell's sanatorium is irresistible. In 1606, a man vanished from a locked gatehouse in a remote Yorkshire village, and 300 years later, it happened again. Nell confides in the best sleuth she knows, Rachel Savernake Looking for answers, Rachel travels to lonely Blackstone Fell in Yorkshire, with its eerie moor and sinister tower. With help from her friend Jacob Flint - who's determined to expose a fraudulent clairvoyant - Rachel will risk her life to bring an end to the disappearances at Blackstone Fell where people go in, but never come out. ""A pitch-perfect blend of Golden Age charm and sinister modern suspense.""--Lee Child Originally published as Blackstone Fell in the UK."

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"""a satisfying puzzle for established genre fans and a good starting point for readers looking to dip their toes into Agatha Christie-adjacent fare."" -- Publishers Weekly ""A triple-decker banquet honoring the golden age of mysteries and bidding fair to continue it to the present."" -- Kirkus Reviews"

"""Eugenics, seances, disappearances, and multiple murders. What more could one want in a mystery?"" -- New York Journal of Books ""a satisfying puzzle for established genre fans and a good starting point for readers looking to dip their toes into Agatha Christie-adjacent fare."" -- Publishers Weekly ""A triple-decker banquet honoring the golden age of mysteries and bidding fair to continue it to the present."" -- Kirkus Reviews"

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Martin Edwards has been described by Richard Osman as 'a true master of British crime writing.' His novels include the eight Lake District Mysteries and four books featuring Rachel Savernake, including the Dagger-nominated The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge. He is also the author of two multi-award-winning histories of crime fiction, The Life of Crime and The Golden Age of Murder. He has received three Daggers, including the CWA Diamond Dagger (the highest honour in UK crime writing) and two Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America. He has received four lifetime achievement awards: for his fiction, short fiction, non-fiction, and scholarship. He is consultant to the British Library's Crime Classics and since 2015 has been President of the Detection Club.

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