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Description
The first book in a charming and witty new crime series from much-loved author 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 | 03 Sep 2019 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781408890486 |
| Imprint | Raven Books |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Series | A Constable Twitten Mystery |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Praise for Lynne Truss: 'Truss deserves to be piled high with honours
Sunday Times
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A wonderful tale full of parodies, pastiches and paradoxes … Pure joy
Daily Telegraph
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A novel as entertaining as it is addictive ... The best in humorous writing
Sunday Telegraph
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One of those rare books that actually makes you laugh out loud ... Impossible not to read in one sitting
Sunday Times
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A comic chiller in the best tradition of mad British humour
Daily Express
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As a critic whose judgment is unimpeachable, I can tell you now that Truss's new crime novel is an unqualified masterpiece
Glasgow Herald
















