The Three Coffins
Dr. Gideon Fell solves two impossible murders in one of the most baffling locked room mysteries ever created.
Professor Charles Grimaud is found dead in his study just moments after his housekeeper watched him greet a mysterious visitor and welcome him into the room. Yet no sign of the murderer or murder weapon can be found. The housekeeper saw no one leave through the door and the snow outside the only window remains unblemished.
An equally puzzling murder has occurred outside, in the middle of the street: The illusionist Pierre Fley was walking alone in a snow-covered cul-de-sac when witnesses heard someone shout “The second bullet is for you!” followed by a gunshot. He is found dead, with the revolver that killed…
John Hartley, Rob Harris and Samantha Manning have been friends for a couple of decades, since John and Sam played together in a high-school band that has long since been relegated to the dusty back-rooms of Isle of Wight local history. Rob and Sam meet a couple of years later at Winchester School of Art.
Now older, and perhaps less prone to glamorous daydreams, John is a practicing artist who also works for the Arts Council, Rob a Garden Designer and landscaper and Sam a visual artist and acupuncturist.
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The Three Coffins
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