Episode 303: Locked in a Room with Tom Mead
My guest on this episode of Geek4 is Tom Mead.
Tom is a Derbyshire mystery writer and aficionado of Golden Age Crime Fiction. His debut novel, DEATH AND THE CONJUROR, was an international bestseller, nominated for several awards, and named one of the best mysteries of the year by The Guardian and Publishers Weekly. Its sequel, THE MURDER WHEEL, was described as “pure nostalgic pleasure” by the Wall Street Journal and “a delight” by the Daily Mail. It was also named one of the Best Traditional Mysteries of 2023 by Crimereads. His third novel, CABARET MACABRE, will be published in July 2024.
Tom and I discuss his love of locked room mysteries, a very particular subcategory of the mystery story. He describes his early love of mystery stories in general as well as the locked room mysteries that have become so important to him. Tom also talks about the stories and authors who inspired him to write his own locked room mysteries.
A Wholly Incomplete Locked Room Reading list:
Carr, John Dickson The Hollow Man (aka The Three Coffins)
Carr, John Dickson (writing as Carter Dickson) The Red Widow Murders
Christie, Agatha, And Then There Were None
Doyle, Arthur Conan, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”
Takagi, Akimitsu , The Noh Mask Murder
Yokomizo, Seishi
Follow Tom on Twitter/X @TomMeadAuthor, on Bluesky @tommeadauthor.bsky.social , on Tik Tok @TomMeadAuthor and Instagram at @TomMeadAuthor and you can also follow him on GOODREADS.
His three Joseph Spector locked room mysteries are available wherever fine books are sold.
You can order them at all the usual suspects (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Waterstones), but maybe ask your local bookseller to order it and support the little guy.
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