A multi-layered tale of death and deceit

Crime fiction; The Game Changer

By Louise Phillips

Hachette Books, €17.25

New York detective Lee Fisher enjoys reading the same books over and over. On a rare holiday, he brings one of his favourites with him: a 1930s detective novel by John Dickson Carr. “The plotting was masterly,” he reflects, “a good example of the ‘onion technique’ – peeling away at things until you get to the core.”

Fisher’s critical analysis serves as ...