{"product_id":"once-upon-a-crime-9781408730645","title":"Once Upon a Crime","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE ABSURD CRIME FICTION PARODY BY FICTIONAL AUTHOR ''MARTIN FISHBACK'' - AS SEEN ON BBC TWO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''What''s better than a good crime novel? I''ll tell you - a spoof crime novel, by the absurdly funny and clever Fergus Craig''\u003cbr\u003eMIRANDA HART\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''We all need more laughs like this''\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAISLING BEA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExeter: a city in decline, East Devon''s capital of crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetective Roger LeCarre is a character never seen before in modern fiction - a tough but troubled detective with \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat'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 *\u003cbr\u003eFergus 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 *\u003cbr\u003eLaugh out loud funny. Detective Roger Le Carre is a crime-solving comedy GOD * Mark Billingham *\u003cbr\u003eTea-spittingly hilarious. Shades of Spike Milligan, Douglas Adams and Alan Partridge * Chris Brookmyre *\u003cbr\u003eFunny and gripping * Dara Ó Briain *\u003cbr\u003eA book so funny it makes you wish you were the subject of a murder investigation in Exeter * Al Murray *\u003cbr\u003eExceptionally funny... crime writing (in the Exeter area) will never be the same * Marcus Brigstocke *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836864282967,"sku":"9781408730645","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408730645.jpg?v=1710384095","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/once-upon-a-crime-9781408730645","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}