You’re sure to find this an interesting read if you are a fan of classic whodunnits in the vein of And Then There Were None. It will instantly be of particular interest to bookworms: the main character is a book seller, a lot of the story takes place in a specialist bookshop and the plot revolves around the plots of other books. Rules for Perfect Murders is an entertaining puzzle mystery which plays with a lot of the most popular tropes of the murder mystery genre. If you haven’t read any of the titles and would like to read them at some point without having the endings spoiled, please read them before you read this book! The story here pulls no punches and reveals exactly who did it and how for each of the books on the list. This is such a hard book to review without giving anything about the plot away… but I’ll do my best!įirstly and most importantly, take a look at the list of books on the main character’s ‘Eight Favourite Murders’ list. Ĭan the killer be stopped before all eight of these perfect murders have been re-enacted? Owner Malcolm Kershaw had once posted online an article titled ‘My Eight Favourite Murders,’ and there seems to be a deadly link between the deaths and his list – which includes Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders, Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train and Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.
The deaths lead FBI Agent Gwen Mulvey to mystery bookshop Old Devils. Thank you to Faber & Faber for providing me with an e-copy of this book via NetGalley.Ī series of unsolved murders with one thing in common: each of the deaths bears an eerie resemblance to the crimes depicted in classic mystery novels. An entertaining puzzle mystery tailor-made for bookworms.
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