Dead Fall

Inspector Best #5

by Joan Lock

They didn't expect the murder...

A real murder occurs on the stage of the London theatre where Detective Inspector Best and his wife are enjoying a night out. Victorian theatre is only just emerging into respectability, which is threatened when another death follows.

The evocative array of suspects includes an all powerful actor-manager, the resentful Super and Property Masters, a crusading journalist turned playwright, a disgruntled dresser, the family of a ballerina who died in a theatre fire and, not least, members of the audience, who indulge in a curious form of blackmail.

Dead Fall is a thrilling historical murder mystery tale from acclaimed author Joan Lock.


'Gripping Victorian mystery' - Publishers Weekly

'Multilayered, ingeniously plotted, atmospheric and suspenseful, with an appealing hero... Lock’s latest Inspector Best novel makes outstanding reading for historical mystery buffs' - Booklist

'A clever, engaging mystery with plenty of authentic Victorian ambience' - Booklist

Genres: Historical Mystery

246 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Ex-policewoman JOAN LOCK is the author of non-fiction books and crime novels. She has been a regular contributor to the police press and the journal of the Crime Writers' Association. She has also written short stories, radio plays and radio documentaries. She lives in London.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

1880s. During a play st the Princess's Theatre one of the extras is murdered. In the audience is Inspector Best who takes charge of the investigation. But there are more deaths to reveal.
An entertaining Victorian mystery

[Kim Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. It was certainly less political than some in this series. And had a somewhat surprising killer (at least to me).