Případ mrtvého lorda – Ellis J. R. (2024)

THE LOCKED ROOM BECOMES THE SCENE OF AN APPARENTLY IMPOSSIBLE MURDER... ***** Lord Redmire's gambling debts have nearly driven him to bankruptcy. In an attempt to raise money to settle them, he decides to organize a grand magic show and perform a challenging illusion involving a locked room, which will also be broadcast live on television. However, shortly after the cameras start rolling, the spectacular trick goes spectacularly wrong. ***** Inspector Jim Oldroyd, who is watching the performance from the front row, has never seen anything like it in his entire police career. Lord Redmire disappears right before his eyes and then reappears – with a knife in his back. Oldroyd and his colleague Stephanie Johnson soon realize that nearly everyone in the audience had a motive for murder. But how did the killer manage to enter the locked room and get out again without leaving a single trace? ***** After the only person who knew the background of the illusion is brutally silenced, the case begins to seem unsolvable. The question is not only who killed, but also why and, above all, how.