Black Lake Manor

Agatha Christie meets The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August in this outstanding cross-genre locked room murder mystery.

''Mind-bendingly brilliant. Agatha Christie on steroids!'' TIM GLISTER, author of RED CORONA ''It gripped me for a week. Incredible!'' JANICE HALLETT, author of THE TWYFORD CODE A locked room. A brutal murder. And a killer who can unwind time... In the former mining town of Black Lake, there is an old story about a shipwreck with only one survivor. His descendants have a unique ability: once in their lives - and only once - they can unwind the events of the previous six hours. More than two hundred years later, part-time police constable Ella Manning is attending a party at Black Lake Manor, the cliff-top mansion belonging to the local billionaire. When a raging storm sweeps in from the Pacific, she and several other guests find themselves trapped. And when their host is discovered brutally murdered in his study the next morning, the door locked from the inside, they turn to her to solve the crime. Pushing her detective skills to the limit, against the odds Ella is sure she has identified the killer... but then someone undoes time. With no memory of what she discovered before, her investigation begins again, with very different results. Which of her suspects is guilty? And is there something even more sinister she is yet to uncover? Can she solve the mystery before time runs out... again? A must-read for fans of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle , The Sanatorium and And Then There Were None, Black Lake Manor will keep you feverishly turning the pages all night long.

Autorentext
Guy Morpuss worked as a barrister for thirty years, on cases featuring drug-taking cyclists, dead Formula 1 champions and aspiring cemetery owners. Much like his fictional creation Charles Konig he was a celebrated King's Counsel, and enjoys writing letters to The Times to see how many they'll print. He is the author of Five Minds and Black Lake Manor, and his upcoming novel, A Trial in Three Acts, will be published by Viper in 2025. Guy lives near Farnham with his wife and two sons.

Klappentext

'It gripped me for a week. Incredible!' JANICE HALLETT
'Mind-bendingly brilliant. Agatha Christie on steroids!' TIM GLISTER

*A locked room. A brutal murder. And a killer who can unwind time...

• A DEAD BILLIONAIRE
  Part-time constable Ella Manning never thought she'd have to investigate her ex-fiance 's murder. But that's exactly what happens when tech entrepreneur Lincoln Shan is found dead in his study the morning after a controversial product launch - with the door locked from the inside.

  A RAGING STORM
  Trapped inside Shan's mansion above the remote town of Black Lake, it's up to Ella to catch the killer. But Black Lake is no ordinary place, and its strange history will make this the most baffling murder case of her career.

  SIX HOURS TO FIND A KILLER
  Because some of the town's inhabitants have the power to rewind time - and someone is using it to protect a murderer. Just as Ella is sure she has identified the culprit, the last six hours are undone. With no memory of what she discovered before, her investigation begins again with very different results. But which conclusion was true? The race is on to find the killer before they strike again - and time is not on her side...

  A must-read for fans of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, The Sanatorium and And Then There Were None, Black Lake Manor will keep you feverishly turning the pages all night long.

  'An endless inventive murder mystery' ALEX PAVESI
  'Original and hugely addictive' B.A. PARIS