Black Lake Manor

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'It gripped me for a week. Incredible!' - JANICE HALLETT
'Mind-bendingly brilliant. Agatha Christie on steroids!' - TIM GLISTER
'An endless inventive murder mystery' - ALEX PAVESI

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-fianc'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.

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'A delicious, sophisticated puzzle you'll want to take your time to solve. It gripped me for a week. Incredible!' - Janice Hallett, author of The Twyford Code

'Dizzyingly brilliant... had me gripped from the start. Dazzles with unique settings, genius plotting, great characterisation and sublime speculative twists' - Philippa East, author of Little White Lies

'Mind-bendingly brilliant... Imagine Agatha Christie on speculative steroids. I loved it!' - Tim Glister, author of Red Corona

'A very clever and brilliantly imagined locked room mystery' - Victoria Selman, author of Truly, Darkly, Deeply

'A refreshingly original locked room mystery that exceeds all expectations' - David Jackson, author of The Resident

Author Bio

Guy Morpuss is a former QC whose cases have featured drug-taking cyclists, dead Formula 1 champions and aspiring cemetery owners. His favourite books involve taking a twist on reality, and playing with the consequences. Which led to his debut novel, Five Minds, about five people stuck in one body, trying to kill one another. Guy lives near Farnham, England, with his wife and two sons. Find him on Twitter @guymorpuss