Picture yourself finding your own temporally displaced corpse and you’ll imagine what it’s like to step into a Berkhamsted author’s first book.
Several years ago, while working as a junior lawyer, Christopher Coleman decided to use his spare time to eternalise his love for crime novels by trying to create his own.
A proclaimed “must-read for fans of gaslamp fantasy, steampunk and golden age detective fiction”, The Conjurer and the Corpse is a murder mystery with a historical twist.
The book follows the story of Alice Hawtree, who finds her own body in the study of her country house.
Journeyman magician Redwald de Cordonnay is called from the City of Athonstone to investigate and find her future killer before it’s too late. In doing so, he must outrun the ticking clock, the will of fate, and the festering grudges of the village.
Speaking to Berkhamstednews, Christopher said: “I love the complexity of a murder mystery and the promise of a problem for the reader to solve.
“I love history and it is a way of expressing my interest. Often when writing, you never know how it’s going to be received. It is a creative thing that’s your own.”
The book is self-published and available from The Berkhamsted Bookshop, or you can purchase a copy online at www.shorturl.at/zc34r
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