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The Floating Corpse: A 1930s Mystery
The year is 1935. Clive Staples Lewis (known to his friends as “Jack”) and his brother Warren (known as “Warnie”) are visiting their friend young Tom Morris at Nesfield Cathedral School—where Jack is to be guest speaker at the school’s speech night.
They become eyewitnesses to a murder—an impossible murder.
They see a man stabbed to death by an unseen assailant, and see his body fall from the rooftop... but the body doesn’t hit the ground until the following day!
Once again Jack’s nimble brain is co-opted by the police as they try to explain the seemingly impossible.
Kel Richards is an author, journalist and broadcaster. Kel presented Word Watch on ABC radio for twelve years and is the bestselling author of The Case of the Vanishing Corpse, The Aussie Bible and The Story of Australian English. He currently hosts The Sunday Night Open Line Show and Kel Richards’ Word of the Day on Radio 2CH-1170 in Sydney.
They become eyewitnesses to a murder—an impossible murder.
They see a man stabbed to death by an unseen assailant, and see his body fall from the rooftop... but the body doesn’t hit the ground until the following day!
Once again Jack’s nimble brain is co-opted by the police as they try to explain the seemingly impossible.
Kel Richards is an author, journalist and broadcaster. Kel presented Word Watch on ABC radio for twelve years and is the bestselling author of The Case of the Vanishing Corpse, The Aussie Bible and The Story of Australian English. He currently hosts The Sunday Night Open Line Show and Kel Richards’ Word of the Day on Radio 2CH-1170 in Sydney.
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227 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2015
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Kel Richards
66 books20 followersKevin Barry "Kel" Richards (born 8 February 1946) is an Australian author, journalist and radio personality.
Richards has written a series of crime novels and thrillers for adult readers which includes The Case of the Vanishing Corpse, Death in Egypt and An Outbreak of Darkness.
Richards currently presents ABC NewsRadio's weekend afternoons, which includes regular Wordwatch segments. Wordwatch is a feature introduced by Richards. Initially developed as a "filler" program for the radio programs to allow time for changes of people or locations, it tapped into an interest by the listening public and several books have been produced based on the show's research. In November 2003 the thousandth episode of the show was produced.
Richards can also be heard on ABC Local Radio programs including Nightlife (national) and Evenings in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
Richards has written a series of crime novels and thrillers for adult readers which includes The Case of the Vanishing Corpse, Death in Egypt and An Outbreak of Darkness.
Richards currently presents ABC NewsRadio's weekend afternoons, which includes regular Wordwatch segments. Wordwatch is a feature introduced by Richards. Initially developed as a "filler" program for the radio programs to allow time for changes of people or locations, it tapped into an interest by the listening public and several books have been produced based on the show's research. In November 2003 the thousandth episode of the show was produced.
Richards can also be heard on ABC Local Radio programs including Nightlife (national) and Evenings in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
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June 27, 2016
This book wasn't as fast-paced as the previous one ('Country House'). Best part were the C.S Lewis talks with Morris. I find his portrayal of CS Lewis very real and helpful.
Please keep writing this series as 1930's detective novels are one of my favorites.
Please keep writing this series as 1930's detective novels are one of my favorites.
December 22, 2015
A good story - a bit slow with lots of dialogue, not a lot of action. Some twists and turns. Not as much CS Lewis solving the problem in this book though... You get some laughs as well...
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