{"product_id":"the-bell-tower-murder-paperback","title":"The Bell Tower Murder - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Frazer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristmas Eve in the Blackmore Vale. Church bells should be ringing across the frosted countryside, calling the faithful to midnight mass. But at St. Mary's Brambledene, the bells are silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Detective Chief Inspector Rhys Morgan and his young partner DC Ben Carter discover blackmailer Oliver Heathcote suspended in the bell ropes, the case seems straightforward enough. A tragic accident, perhaps. A suicide, at worst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil they try to leave the locked ringing chamber.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe door is bolted from the inside. The windows are too high and too small. The tower is ancient stone, solid and unforgiving. Yet somehow, impossibly, the killer has vanished-leaving behind a body that defies explanation and a church full of secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Rhys and Ben dig deeper into the victim's life, they uncover a web of blackmail touching everyone from decorated war veterans to respected farmers. Each suspect had motive. Each had opportunity. And each swears they're innocent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the bells didn't ring that night. Someone muffled them. Someone who knew the church intimately. Someone the community has trusted for twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a close-knit valley where everyone knows everyone's business, some secrets are still worth killing for. And the tower captain's greatest secret is locked away in stone and silence-until Rhys Morgan discovers that even the most impossible crimes have a solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clever locked-room mystery in the tradition of classic British crime fiction, The Bell Tower Murder introduces DCI Rhys Morgan and DC Ben Carter in the first of The Blackmore Vale Mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67883193008435,"sku":"9798232461034","price":34.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QQGTpAWlgY9798232461034.webp?v=1793656833","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-bell-tower-murder-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}