Lauren A. Forry

Nov 27, 2024 | crimereads.com | Lauren A. Forry

A body on the floor. No perceivable way for the murderer to get in or out. Few tangible clues (or so it seems). Article continues after advertisementLocked room mysteries have long held an appeal to the detective-reader. Our brains demand a rational explanation for the seemingly impossible whodunit and, for those of us who love a puzzle, there is a satisfying thrill that comes with piecing together the clues alongside the detective on the case, and seeing if we can beat them to the solution.

Jul 27, 2023 | openthemagazine.com | Richard Coles |Seishi Yokomizo |JS Fletcher |Lauren A. Forry

A DEATH IN THE PARISH by Richard Coles (Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 432 pages; ₹799) Canon Daniel Clement is back—this time on the trail of a vicious killer. In this second book of the series, the gentle Rector of Champton St Mary, a rural East Midlands parish, has to contend with a co-Vicar, Chris Biddle, a ‘hell and brimstone’ variety for whom it is either belief or eternal damnation, and nothing in-between. Not for Biddle is Clement’s easy live-and-let-live philosophy.