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Description
The charming first novel in a new comic crime series set in Brighton, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne Truss
After the notorious 'Middle Street Massacre' of 1951, when the majority of Brighton's criminals wiped one another out in a vicious battle as the local police force enjoyed a brief stop en route for an ice cream, Inspector Steine rather enjoys life as a policeman. No criminals, no crime, no stress. He just wishes Sergeant Brunswick would stop insisting that perhaps not every criminal was wiped out that fateful day.
So it's really rather annoying when an ambitious –not to mention irritating – new Constable shows up to work and starts investigating a series of burglaries. And it's even more annoying when, after Constable Twitten is despatched to the theatre for the night, he sits next to a vicious theatre critic who is promptly shot dead part way through the opening night of a new play.
It seems Brighton may be in need of a police force after all…
Product details
| Published | 01 Sep 2018 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781408890523 |
| Imprint | Raven Books |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Series | A Constable Twitten Mystery |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A farce that gathers hilarious pace with every page … More Marx Brothers than Agatha Christie, this is crime fiction turned on its head – a giddy spell of sheer delight
Daily Mail
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[An] entertaining new crime series … Truss's affection for a rollicking, twisty caper has transferred to the page with ease … There's some fine storytelling on display here
Observer
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Funny, clever, charming, imaginative, nostalgic and gently satirical
The Times
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With plenty of brightly coloured bucket-and-spadery, including ghost trains and Punch and Judy and variety acts, this clever, tongue-in-cheek escapade is a perfect summer read
Crime Books of the Month, Guardian
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Pitch-perfect send-up of 1950s Brighton with nods to Graham Greene ... The ingenious plot involves such period attractions as the Ghost Train, theatrical landladies, Pathé News and cherry Genoa cake. Hilarious
Sunday Times Crime Club
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One of those rare books that actually makes you laugh out loud ... Impossible not to read in one sitting
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