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by Fergus Craig (Author)
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 a drink problem and a marriage in trouble. Can he find out who killed the young man, save the city and change his energy provider before the new more expensive tariff kicks in?
Filled with drama, eroticism and very specific Wikipedia-sourced information on Devon, Once Upon A Crime is a thriller that takes itself very seriously and that should not, on any account, actually be taken seriously.
Author Biography
Fergus Craig is an actor and writer who lives in London. He starred in two series of the International Emmy winning sit com Hoff The Record in which he played David Hasselhoff's manager. He was also a regular in Channel 4's Star Stories and Anna and Katy, CBBC's Sorry I've Got No Head and BBC2's Popatron. Other TV appearances include The Wrong Mans, Extras, Blandings and Cardinal Burns.
As a writer he has contributed to Hoff The Record, Cardinal Burns, Anna and Katy and The Kumars. His parody book Tips For Actors was published by Oberon Books. As part of the sketch double act Colin and Fergus he won the Writer's Guild Award and as a solo stand up comedian he won the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year award.
Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 1.1 x 7.87 x 4.96 IN
Publication Date: October 11, 2022
