Tom Mead
@tommeadauthor.bsky.social
He/Him. Author of DEATH AND THE CONJUROR, THE MURDER WHEEL, and CABARET MACABRE published by Mysterious Press (US) and Head of Zeus (UK)
"Ingenious" - The Guardian
"Ingenious" - The Times
Rep: Lorella Belli Literary Agency
"Ingenious" - The Guardian
"Ingenious" - The Times
Rep: Lorella Belli Literary Agency
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Tom Mead
@tommeadauthor.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Ta-da! Courtesy of @headofzeus.bsky.social, I'm thrilled to properly reveal the UK cover for the new #Spector mystery, #TheHouseAtDevilsNeck! Get your pre-orders in now!
I receive roughly 1 trillion AI generated emails a day--this one did make me laugh though.
February 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I receive roughly 1 trillion AI generated emails a day--this one did make me laugh though.
More adventures in Bookland! It was an honour to attend the launch of Katie McCrory's WHERE THE HEART IS at Daunt Books. Katie is the daughter of my dear friend (and former creative writing lecturer) Moy. Also, enjoy a bonus pic of @emreadsthebooks.bsky.social and I at the The Ivy--because why not?
February 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
More adventures in Bookland! It was an honour to attend the launch of Katie McCrory's WHERE THE HEART IS at Daunt Books. Katie is the daughter of my dear friend (and former creative writing lecturer) Moy. Also, enjoy a bonus pic of @emreadsthebooks.bsky.social and I at the The Ivy--because why not?
A great (and hectic!) night on the town last night with lovely @emreadsthebooks.bsky.social , starting off at BookBar in Chelsea for the launch of my friend Louise Hare's extraordinary new book THE HOUSE OF FALLEN SISTERS
February 11, 2026 at 9:51 AM
A great (and hectic!) night on the town last night with lovely @emreadsthebooks.bsky.social , starting off at BookBar in Chelsea for the launch of my friend Louise Hare's extraordinary new book THE HOUSE OF FALLEN SISTERS
Huge thanks to Kate Jackson of "Cross Examining Crime" for inviting me to nominate my dream reprint for 2026!
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2025’s Dream Reprint: Tom Mead’s Nomination
Bright and early we are kicking off 2025’s Dream Reprint. What’s that you say? Last month I published an open call for bloggers (and readers) to nominate an out-of-print classic crime f…
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February 10, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Huge thanks to Kate Jackson of "Cross Examining Crime" for inviting me to nominate my dream reprint for 2026!
crossexaminingcrime.com/2026/02/07/2...
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Love this pic from my event with Victoria Dowd! Thank you Amanda Lees for snapping a fun candid shot
February 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Love this pic from my event with Victoria Dowd! Thank you Amanda Lees for snapping a fun candid shot
I love this photo! Really captures the fun and friendly spirit of the Bloody Barnes festival. Thank you Graham Bartlett for letting me share it. Left to right: Graham, Trevor Wood, @barbaranadel.bsky.social , moi, @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I love this photo! Really captures the fun and friendly spirit of the Bloody Barnes festival. Thank you Graham Bartlett for letting me share it. Left to right: Graham, Trevor Wood, @barbaranadel.bsky.social , moi, @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social
Another gem of an event at Bloody Barnes--this time I had my interviewer hat on as I chatted to a pair of formidable Queens of Crime: Sam Blake and S.J. Bennett!
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Another gem of an event at Bloody Barnes--this time I had my interviewer hat on as I chatted to a pair of formidable Queens of Crime: Sam Blake and S.J. Bennett!
I have had the absolute time of my life at the inaugural Bloody Barnes crime fiction festival! Here are some lovely audience photos from "Abracadabra--It's Murder!" with Victoria Dowd.
Thank you to the enthusiastic and engaged audience, and a special shout-out to REAL-LIFE magician Luke Lamont!
Thank you to the enthusiastic and engaged audience, and a special shout-out to REAL-LIFE magician Luke Lamont!
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I have had the absolute time of my life at the inaugural Bloody Barnes crime fiction festival! Here are some lovely audience photos from "Abracadabra--It's Murder!" with Victoria Dowd.
Thank you to the enthusiastic and engaged audience, and a special shout-out to REAL-LIFE magician Luke Lamont!
Thank you to the enthusiastic and engaged audience, and a special shout-out to REAL-LIFE magician Luke Lamont!
She wants a cinnamon bun, what should I say?
February 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
She wants a cinnamon bun, what should I say?
Brilliant @barbaranadel.bsky.social , @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social and Mark Ellis in conversation with Anne Mullins
February 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Brilliant @barbaranadel.bsky.social , @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social and Mark Ellis in conversation with Anne Mullins
Another lovely crime fiction discussion with Trevor Wood and Graham Bartlett chatting to Bernard O'Keeffe
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Another lovely crime fiction discussion with Trevor Wood and Graham Bartlett chatting to Bernard O'Keeffe
Fabulous interview event with three lovely writers-- Victoria Dowd chatting to Antony Johnston and Martin Edwards
February 7, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Fabulous interview event with three lovely writers-- Victoria Dowd chatting to Antony Johnston and Martin Edwards
Only just arrived at Bloody Barnes and I have two new BFFs, wonderful Dan and Zippy, retired police dogs from the Thin Blue Paw Foundation! Huge thanks to their lovely handler Jenny for taking this photo!
February 7, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Only just arrived at Bloody Barnes and I have two new BFFs, wonderful Dan and Zippy, retired police dogs from the Thin Blue Paw Foundation! Huge thanks to their lovely handler Jenny for taking this photo!
Today my Spector short story "Call of the Natterjack" is published in Hayakawa Mystery Magazine, translated by Yu Nakayama. I hope Japanese readers will enjoy it!
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Today my Spector short story "Call of the Natterjack" is published in Hayakawa Mystery Magazine, translated by Yu Nakayama. I hope Japanese readers will enjoy it!
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This is how you make people understand Shakespeare. I met Sir Ian once, he was every bit as lovely as you would hope.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This is how you make people understand Shakespeare. I met Sir Ian once, he was every bit as lovely as you would hope.
Jonathan Creek fans unite! The BAFTA-winning TV mystery is back in book form! To celebrate, I've put together a special author newsletter featuring my Top 10 episodes, plus an ALL-NEW, EXCLUSIVE interview with series creator David Renwick!
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February 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Jonathan Creek fans unite! The BAFTA-winning TV mystery is back in book form! To celebrate, I've put together a special author newsletter featuring my Top 10 episodes, plus an ALL-NEW, EXCLUSIVE interview with series creator David Renwick!
Sign up here:
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Sign up here:
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www.bloodybarnes.com/home I'm going to be speaking at this on Saturday 7th February at 6pm.
Bloody Barnes Literary Festival | Annual Crime Writing Festival
7-8 February 2026: Bloody Barnes Literary Ferstival is an exciting NEW Annual Crime Writing Festival at the OSO Theatre in Barnes London. Bringing murder, mystery and mayhem to the gentlefolk of Barne...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:20 PM
www.bloodybarnes.com/home I'm going to be speaking at this on Saturday 7th February at 6pm.
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@tommeadauthor.bsky.social I am now reading the 3rd of the Spector 📚 & snicker at “ The only solutions Flint could come up with were at best wildly impractical, and at worst comical. The least ridiculous of them required a trebuchet.“
Thx for writing & Criminally Good Books(York)to recommend them.
Thx for writing & Criminally Good Books(York)to recommend them.
January 29, 2026 at 5:05 AM
@tommeadauthor.bsky.social I am now reading the 3rd of the Spector 📚 & snicker at “ The only solutions Flint could come up with were at best wildly impractical, and at worst comical. The least ridiculous of them required a trebuchet.“
Thx for writing & Criminally Good Books(York)to recommend them.
Thx for writing & Criminally Good Books(York)to recommend them.
Just announced! I can't wait to get back to the British Library for "Bodies From The Library" on June 20th. I'll be joining Golden Age Mystery mavens Victoria Dowd, Martin Edwards and Jim Noy.
Find out more, and book tickets, here:
bodiesfromthelibrary.com/2026/01/26/m...
Find out more, and book tickets, here:
bodiesfromthelibrary.com/2026/01/26/m...
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Just announced! I can't wait to get back to the British Library for "Bodies From The Library" on June 20th. I'll be joining Golden Age Mystery mavens Victoria Dowd, Martin Edwards and Jim Noy.
Find out more, and book tickets, here:
bodiesfromthelibrary.com/2026/01/26/m...
Find out more, and book tickets, here:
bodiesfromthelibrary.com/2026/01/26/m...
A belated PLR post--yesterday I got my Public Lending Right statement and want to say a big thank you to the 7000+ people who have borrowed my books from UK libraries in the last year! It means I can keep on spoiling this gorgeous girl in 2026...
January 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A belated PLR post--yesterday I got my Public Lending Right statement and want to say a big thank you to the 7000+ people who have borrowed my books from UK libraries in the last year! It means I can keep on spoiling this gorgeous girl in 2026...
It was recently announced in The Bookseller, but anyway here's the lineup so far for Coastal Crime in September! I'll be chatting whodunits with luminaries @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and @alexpavesi.bsky.social!
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January 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
It was recently announced in The Bookseller, but anyway here's the lineup so far for Coastal Crime in September! I'll be chatting whodunits with luminaries @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and @alexpavesi.bsky.social!
coastalcrime.org/main-hall-pr...
coastalcrime.org/main-hall-pr...
Does this bode well for the new Spector book, or no?
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Does this bode well for the new Spector book, or no?
In reverse order, my top 10 reads of the year:
1. THE CLOCK HOUSE MURDERS, Yukito Ayatsuji
1. THE CLOCK HOUSE MURDERS, Yukito Ayatsuji
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In reverse order, my top 10 reads of the year:
1. THE CLOCK HOUSE MURDERS, Yukito Ayatsuji
1. THE CLOCK HOUSE MURDERS, Yukito Ayatsuji
In reverse order, my top 10 reads of the year:
2. POLICEMAN'S EVIDENCE, Rupert Penny
2. POLICEMAN'S EVIDENCE, Rupert Penny
December 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In reverse order, my top 10 reads of the year:
2. POLICEMAN'S EVIDENCE, Rupert Penny
2. POLICEMAN'S EVIDENCE, Rupert Penny
In reverse order, my top 10 reads of the year:
3. AN UNCERTAIN PLACE, Fred Vargas
3. AN UNCERTAIN PLACE, Fred Vargas
December 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In reverse order, my top 10 reads of the year:
3. AN UNCERTAIN PLACE, Fred Vargas
3. AN UNCERTAIN PLACE, Fred Vargas