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THE ABSURD CRIME FICTION PARODY BY FICTIONAL AUTHOR ''MARTIN FISHBACK'' - AS SEEN ON BBC TWO

''What''s better than a good crime novel? I''ll tell you - a spoof crime novel, by the absurdly funny and clever Fergus Craig''
MIRANDA HART

''We all need more laughs like this''
AISLING BEA

Exeter: a city in decline, East Devon''s capital of crime.

Detective Roger LeCarre: a man on a quest to rid the world of crime (starting with Devon and Cornwall and then working outwards) so he can concentrate on his watercolours.

LeCarre runs 10km a day but probably burns more calories shaking his head at what has become of his city. Now Exeter is set to become the UK Capital of Culture and the ambitious Lord Mayor wants to turn things around. But when a young man''s (dead) body is found in the centre of town, things get murky.

Detective Roger LeCarre is a character never seen before in modern fiction - a tough but troubled detective with

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What's better than a good crime novel? I'll tell you - a spoof crime novel, by the absurdly funny and clever Fergus Craig * Miranda Hart *
Fergus Craig is one of the funniest people I know and this book proves it. I can't wait for you to get involved in his VERY silly thriller. We all need more laughs like this * Aisling Bea *
Laugh out loud funny. Detective Roger Le Carre is a crime-solving comedy GOD * Mark Billingham *
Tea-spittingly hilarious. Shades of Spike Milligan, Douglas Adams and Alan Partridge * Chris Brookmyre *
Funny and gripping * Dara Ó Briain *
A book so funny it makes you wish you were the subject of a murder investigation in Exeter * Al Murray *
Exceptionally funny... crime writing (in the Exeter area) will never be the same * Marcus Brigstocke *

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 19/10/2023
      ISBN13: 9781408730645, 978-1408730645
      ISBN10: 1408730642

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      THE ABSURD CRIME FICTION PARODY BY FICTIONAL AUTHOR ''MARTIN FISHBACK'' - AS SEEN ON BBC TWO

      ''What''s better than a good crime novel? I''ll tell you - a spoof crime novel, by the absurdly funny and clever Fergus Craig''
      MIRANDA HART

      ''We all need more laughs like this''
      AISLING BEA

      Exeter: a city in decline, East Devon''s capital of crime.

      Detective Roger LeCarre: a man on a quest to rid the world of crime (starting with Devon and Cornwall and then working outwards) so he can concentrate on his watercolours.

      LeCarre runs 10km a day but probably burns more calories shaking his head at what has become of his city. Now Exeter is set to become the UK Capital of Culture and the ambitious Lord Mayor wants to turn things around. But when a young man''s (dead) body is found in the centre of town, things get murky.

      Detective Roger LeCarre is a character never seen before in modern fiction - a tough but troubled detective with

      Trade Review
      What's better than a good crime novel? I'll tell you - a spoof crime novel, by the absurdly funny and clever Fergus Craig * Miranda Hart *
      Fergus Craig is one of the funniest people I know and this book proves it. I can't wait for you to get involved in his VERY silly thriller. We all need more laughs like this * Aisling Bea *
      Laugh out loud funny. Detective Roger Le Carre is a crime-solving comedy GOD * Mark Billingham *
      Tea-spittingly hilarious. Shades of Spike Milligan, Douglas Adams and Alan Partridge * Chris Brookmyre *
      Funny and gripping * Dara Ó Briain *
      A book so funny it makes you wish you were the subject of a murder investigation in Exeter * Al Murray *
      Exceptionally funny... crime writing (in the Exeter area) will never be the same * Marcus Brigstocke *

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