Tom Mead

Tom Mead is an author, translator, and aficionado of Golden Age crime fiction. He is the creator of the Joseph Spector locked room mystery series, which has been translated into ten languages (and counting), and is soon to be adapted for the screen. His debut novel, Death and the Conjuror, was nominated for the Capital Crime Award for Debut Novel of the Year and the Historical Writers' Association Debut Crown. It was also named one of the best mysteries of the year by The Guardian and Publishers Weekly. Its sequel, The Murder Wheel, was named one of the Best Traditional Mysteries of 2023 by Crimereads and the Daily Telegraph, as well as nominated for a Capital Crime Award and longlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award. His third novel, Cabaret Macabre was published in August 2024, along with a collection of short stories, The Indian Rope Trick and Other Violent Entertainments, in November 2024.

Tom Mead

Books by Tom Mead

Death and the Conjuror: A Locked-Room Mystery
Tom Mead
Hardback, 2022
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best Mysteries of 2022 Selection

In this "sharply-drawn period piece" (New York Times), amagician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes
Death and the Conjuror: A Locked-Room Mystery
Tom Mead
E Book, 2022
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best Mysteries of 2022 Selection

In this "sharply-drawn period piece" (New York Times), amagician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes
Death and the Conjuror: A Locked-Room Mystery
Tom Mead
Paperback, 2023
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best Mysteries of 2022 Selection

In this "sharply-drawn period piece" (New York Times), amagician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes
The Murder Wheel: A Locked-Room Mystery
Tom Mead
Paperback, 2024
Sleuthing stage magician Joseph Spector (Death and the Conjuror) returns to investigate a baffling series of impossible crimes.

“Even readers who live to match wits with canny authors and...
The Murder Wheel: A Locked-Room Mystery
Tom Mead
E Book
Sleuthing stage magician Joseph Spector (Death and the Conjuror) returns to investigate a baffling series of impossible crimes.

“Even readers who live to match wits with canny authors and...
Cabaret Macabre: A Locked-Room Mystery
Tom Mead
Hardback, 2024
This latest puzzle mystery from the author of Death and the Conjuror and The Murder Wheel takes stage magician sleuth Joseph Spector to a grand estate in the English countryside.
Cabaret Macabre: A Locked-Room Mystery
Tom Mead
E Book, 2024
This latest puzzle mystery from the author of Death and the Conjuror and The Murder Wheel takes stage magician sleuth Joseph Spector to a grand estate in the English countryside.
The Red Widow Murders: A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery
John Dickson Carr, Tom Mead
Paperback, 2023
In this baffling whodunnit from the master of the locked-room mystery, a man falls dead in a guarded room, and Sir Henry Merrivale searches for a devilishly-clever killer
The Red Widow Murders: A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery
John Dickson Carr, Tom Mead
E Book
In this baffling whodunnit from the master of the locked-room mystery, a man falls dead in a guarded room, and Sir Henry Merrivale searches for a devilishly-clever killer
The Red Widow Murders: A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery
John Dickson Carr, Tom Mead
Hardback, 2023
In this baffling whodunnit from the master of the locked-room mystery, a man falls dead in a guarded room, and Sir Henry Merrivale searches for a devilishly-clever killer.