Tom Mead is a UK-based author specializing in crime fiction. His stories have appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Litro Online, Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine, Lighthouse, Mystery Scene and Mystery Weekly (among others).
Several of his pieces have also been anthologized, most recently “Heatwave” in The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 (ed. Lee Child).
Genres: Historical Mystery
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Joseph Spector
1. Death and the Conjuror (2022)
2. The Murder Wheel (2023)
3. Cabaret Macabre (2024)
4. The House at Devil's Neck (2025)
1. Death and the Conjuror (2022)
2. The Murder Wheel (2023)
3. Cabaret Macabre (2024)
4. The House at Devil's Neck (2025)
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Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
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Tom Mead recommends

The Last Handmaid (2026)
Clare Whitfield
"When it comes to humanising history and demystifying its bloodthirstiest myths, nobody does it better than Clare Whitfield. This time she sets her sights on mercurial, monstrous Countess Bathory, capturing a sense of Gothic splendour tempered with humour and suspense. An epic in every sense, The Last Handmaid is awe-inspiring."

The Christmas Tree Murders (2026)
Katie Lumsden
"A fabulous book, I was immersed from the very first page. Katie Lumsden writes with wonderful style, confidence, and absolute control. The Christmas-Tree Murders is superb entertainment, a rich puzzle imbued with all the splendour of the Victorian Gothic."

The Woman Who Wasn't There (2026)
William Hussey
"A propulsive, mind-bending mystery with a twist to die for. The characters are vivid, the plot moves like a dream, and the tension is relentless. A superb, suspenseful treat."
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