J.S. Savage
Taking readers back to the golden age of mystery – where locked rooms, false alibis and fair-play clues still reign.
Golden-Age Mysteries. Modern Twists.
Welcome to the world of J. S. Savage — author of intricate, fair-play whodunnits and impossible-crime thrillers. His stories celebrate the puzzle tradition of the 1930s while offering sharp, contemporary storytelling that keeps readers guessing until the final page.
Impossible Crimes
Locked studies, vanished suspects, and clues hiding in plain sight, classic puzzles reimagined for modern readers.
Meet Inspector Graves
A detective who believes reason always wins. Follow his investigations across The Mystery at Treefall Manor and The Riddle of the Ravens.
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The Riddle of the Ravens
“Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason, and plot!”
November 1926. When three ravens die in mysterious circumstances, Inspector Graves and his protégé Constable Carver are sent to the Tower of London to investigate. After all, the ravens belong to the King, and an ancient legend states that if the Tower is without ravens the kingdom will fall!
Once they arrive the detectives find a unique community steeped in secrets. But when a Beefeater is shot dead just yards away from where Graves and Carver are standing, it appears a more sinister plot is underway, a plot that will send shockwaves throughout the Tower and beyond.
The Mystery of Treefall Manor
A house full of suspects. Two dogged detectives. One impossible murder.
When the owner of the Treefall Estate, Alexander Grimbourne, is murdered on the morning of his daughter’s wedding, the local police are stumped by the case. After all, Alexander’s body is found inside his study, the door and windows of which are locked from the inside – yet someone has stabbed the tyrannical man with a dagger through the heart and seemingly vanished into thin air.
An impossible murder case requires a uniquely talented detective, and there is no one better than Inspector Graves of Scotland Yard, who together with his new constable, James Carver, travel to Treefall Manor where they find a host of suspects. From the dead man’s resentful son to his fearful secretary, the local pub landlord to the gossiping housekeeper, the neighbouring landowner to the flighty socialite – even the village vicar is not above suspicion.
“This is an outstanding book. There are a few authors who I feel channel the Golden Age style of mystery – Dolores Gordon-Smith and Tom Mead are the two who immediately spring to mind. Well, now I can add another name to that group.”
Steve Barge on The Riddle of the Ravens
UK Crime Blogger
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