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LIKE LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES? YOU'LL LOVE TOM MEAD'S JOSEPH SPECTOR SERIES!

This gripping locked-room mystery sees Joseph Spector investigate his most sinister case yet: murderous machinations at a haunted manor house.

A former First World War field hospital, the spooky old mansion at Devil's Neck attracts spirit-seekers from far and wide.

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1 author picked The House at Devil's Neck as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

It's a wonderful, complicated - sometimes mind-boggling! - pastiche of Golden Age crime.

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