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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 C.S. Lewis Mysteries
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y separately published work icon C.S. Lewis and the Body in the Basement Kel Richards , Sydney : Strand Publishing , 2013 8298319 2013 single work novel mystery

'A fun, new detective novel by Kel Richards where the sleuth is C.S. Lewis, the beloved author of The Chronicles of Narnia. C. S. Lewis (known to all his friends as “Jack”), his brother Major Warren Lewis (known as “Warnie”) and one of Jack’s students, Tom Morris, are on holiday in the English countryside.When they go to the bank they unwittingly enter a crime scene – a murder has just been committed in the vault. The three out of towners become suspects and must conduct their own investigation to clear their names. C. S. Lewis eventually solves the seemingly impossible crime by applying his razor sharp mind to the subtle clues. A tale that twists and turns in the tradition of the golden age of English murder mysteries like Agatha Christie and Midsommer Murders. Add Kel’s trademark humour and it’s an entertaining baffler!' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon C.S. Lewis and the Country House Murders Kel Richards , Sydney : Strand Publishing , 2014 8298362 2014 single work novel mystery

'The second instalment in the fun, new detective novel series by Kel Richards where the sleuth is C.S. Lewis, the beloved author of The Chronicles of Narnia. A tale that twists and turns in the tradition of the golden age of English murder mysteries like Agatha Christie and Midsommer Murders. Add Kel’s trademark humour and it’s an entertaining baffler!' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Floating Corpse : A 1930s Murder Mystery Kel Richards , Smithfield : Strand Publishing , 2015 9084332 2015 single work novel crime mystery

'The year is 1935. Clive Staples Lewis (known to his friends as “Jack”) and his brother Warren (known as “Warnie”) are visiting their friend young Tom Morris at Nesfield Cathedral School—where Jack is to be guest speaker at the school’s speech night. They become eyewitnesses to a murder—an impossible murder. They see a man stabbed to death by an unseen assailant, and see his body fall from the rooftop... but the body doesn’t hit the ground until the following day! Once again Jack’s nibble brain is co-opted by the police as they try to explain the seemingly impossible.' (Publication summary)

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First known date: 2013
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