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SL Beaumont writes crime fiction and romantic mystery novels, most notably The Carlswick Mysteries series and the standalone thriller Shadow of Doubt. She cites her early influences as Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie and JK Rowling. She is also a huge fan of Robert Galbraith, Linda Fairstein, Harlan Coben, and LJ Ross.
The titles in The Carlswick Mysteries series were awarded honorable mentions at the San Francisco Book Festival and have been finalists in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Shadow of Doubt won the Indie Reader 2020 Mystery, Thriller, Suspense award, is long-listed for the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel and was a semi-finalist for the Publisher’s Weekly Booklife Prize and the Kindle Book Awards.
Prior to becoming an author, SL Beaumont worked in banking in London and New York. Her passion for travel has seen her take many long haul flights from New Zealand. Her love of history helps determine the destination and the places she visits are a constant source of inspiration for her.
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
The Carlswick Deception: The Carlswick Mysteries, Book 4 is a young and new adult mystery novel written by S.L. Beaumont. While this is the fourth book in the series, the author provides enough background information to allow this novel to be read as a standalone story. Stephanie had her hands full with assignments that were due the next day, so much so that she had to turn down the chance to see her boyfriend, James, who would be leaving for Japan soon and had tickets for a concert that evening. She didn’t feel, however, that she could turn down a request for help from Detective Inspector Marks when he called. Marks had helped her in the past when she had gotten herself into some minor trouble, and he had also arranged for her to work at Scotland Yard the previous summer. He was sending one of his detectives, Luke Spencer, to Oxford to speak with the Head of English Literature in connection with the murder of a man who had planned to donate some rare books to the university. Marks was hoping that Stephanie would help Luke navigate the intricacies of the campus and university politics. As luck would have it, his relatively simple request ended up becoming rather more complicated.
S.L. Beaumont’s mystery novel for young and new adults, The Carlswick Deception: The Carlswick Mysteries, Book 4, is a fast-paced and highly entertaining mystery surrounding the thefts of priceless manuscripts and the accompanying escalating violence. I have not read the previous books in this series, but was pleased to find that I was immediately able to follow the mystery as well as to appreciate the interactions of the characters in Beaumont’s story. I have a fondness for British mysteries, especially those dealing with the theft of art, manuscripts or books, and was delighted with the caliber of this story, the finely-tuned plot and the engaging characters I became familiar with as I read on. I’m looking forward to reading more of Beaumont’s work in the future. The Carlswick Deception: The Carlswick Mysteries, Book 4 is most highly recommended.
