It's the summer of 1933, and Oxford don Clive Staples Lewis, better known to his friends as Jack, is on a walking holiday with his brother Warnie and young friend Tom Morris. When Jack's wallet is accidentally destroyed, they visit a bank to replenish their funds - and walk straight into the scene of an impossible murder. The victim is in the vault of the bank alone, cut off by brick and steel from the rest of the world. Yet he has been stabbed from behind and the murder weapon has vanished. A 'locked room' mystery - which would have baffled the cleverest sleuths of the Golden Age of detective stories - is tackled by the brilliant mind and larger-than-life personality of C. S. Lewis, beloved creator of Narnia and formidable defender of the Christian faith.

Featuring the fictional character Clive Staples (aka 'Jack') Lewis as an amateur detective, presented with a mysterious crime.

About the Author
Kel Richards is a veteran Australian journalist, bestselling author and broadcaster.

Reviews
A tale that twists and turns in the tradition of the golden age of English murder mysteries like Agatha Christie. Add [the author's] trademark humour and it's an entertaining baffler! * goodreads *
IT might seem a touch impertinent for a "veteran Australian journalist, bestselling author and broadcaster" to hijack the very real C S Lewis (known to his friends as Jack) as his fictional detective. Readers may feel, however, that writer Kel Richards could be forgiven as they join Jack, brother Warnie and young "scientific atheist" friend Tom Morris in 1930s Cambridgeshire where their holiday is interrupted by the discovery of The Corpse in the Cellar (SPCK, GBP8.99). The path to solving the seemingly "impossible" murder also offers opportunities for Jack to debate his newly-discovered theological truths with his atheist friend, resulting in a satisfying, many-faceted piece of holiday reading. * Methodist Recorder *
"Somewhere in Cambridgeshire, not far from the County of Midsomer" is the site of the action in Kel Richards' The Corpse in the Cellar: a 1930s murder mystery (Marylebone House, GBP8.99; Tablet price GBP8.10). The oddness of this charming story is in the person of the chief investigator; CS "Jack" Lewis. When a walking holiday goes horribly wrong, the great man divides his time between solving a locked-room murder and explaining the tenets of the Christian faith to the young narrator. * The Tablet *



Book Information
ISBN 9781910674178
Author Kel Richards
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Marylebone House
Publisher SPCK Publishing
Weight(grams) 199g