A Shot in the Dark: The prize-winning mystery for fans of The Thursday Murder Club - Hardcover

Truss, Lynne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1408890518 ISBN 13: 9781408890516

Publisher: Raven Books, 2018

Synopsis

The charming first novel in a new comic crime series, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne Truss

'More Marx Brothers than Agatha Christie, this is crime fiction turned on its head - a giddy spell of sheer delight' Daily Mail

Brighton, 1957. Inspector Steine rather enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress.

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.

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Review:

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)

[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)

Funny, clever, charming, imaginative, nostalgic and gently satirical (The Times)

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)

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)

One of those rare books that actually makes you laugh out loud ... Impossible not to read in one sitting (Sunday Times)

A Shot in the Dark is an intricately plotted murder mystery that's darkly humorous and beautifully written (Herald)

It takes a writer of Lynne Truss's wit and intelligence ... to take on both the cosy and comic fields, shaking them up to forge something fresh and beguiling ... Delightfully witty (Barry Forshaw i)

This book is as much a comedy as a crime novel. Lynne Truss is a national treasure, and this is a gentle, complicated, humorous tale (Literary Review)

Truss's new crime novel is an unqualified masterpiece (Glasgow Herald)

Book Description:

The charming first novel in a new comic crime series, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne Truss

About this edition

• Publisher: Raven Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1408890518
• ISBN 13: 9781408890516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304