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How to Cheat Your Own Death

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From the gritty streets of 1960s Soho to the lofty galleries of present-day West London, two interlocking mysteries decades apart unfold in this latest instalment in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Castle Knoll Murder Mystery series

Some secrets are deadlier than others

1968: Frances Adams is loving her new London life, and she’s stepped into a world of glamour thanks to her new friend, Vera Huntington--a magnetic socialite as mysterious as she is provocative. Vera dances around London like she owns it, taking Frances with her.

Present day: When Annie Adams heads to London to visit her famous artist mother, Laura, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body. Least of all for it to be Laura’s new protégée, left in an alley with her heart surgically removed from her chest.

Annie is no stranger to murder--after all, she’s solved a few already. And something about this case feels familiar. She’s read about one just like it in the journals of her late great aunt Frances, whose friend Vera was killed in the 1960s in the exact same way.

As Annie investigates, threats pile up on Laura’s doorstep, and it soon becomes clear that she’s next. With her mother’s life on the line, can Annie find the killer before it’s too late?

Editions (5)

ISBN9798217047505
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
Publication Date04/28/26
Pages336

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  • mellis_crime_couch
    mellis_crime_couch

    326 Followers

    3.5

    (Hörbuch) Verwirrend...

    ... weil beide Zeitebenen die gleiche Sprecherin hatten. Das hat mir das Zuhören erschwert. Die Story war okay, der Plottwist war solide. Das Ende macht aber Hoffnung auf mehr 😁

    14 hours ago

  • redreadingpanda
    redreadingpanda

    8 Followers

    5.0

    Wunderbar gelungene Fortsetzung!

    Auch der dritte Teil des Mörderarchivs hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Ich liebe den Stil und die Charaktere, sowie deren Dynamiken einfach. Sowohl Frances und Ford, als auch Annie und Rowan ergänzen sich jeweils absolut phantastisch. Während der Mord in Frances' Timeline sich langsam aufbaut, schlägt der in Annies mit voller Wucht rein. Beide ziehen einen von Anfang an ins Buch hinein. Ich liebs. ♡

    Jun 20, 2026

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