The king of social satire with a tale of gruesome murders linked to the new craze of retracing one’s past through the web – Friends Reunited. He writes beautifully, a very clever man. You must try him.
Comparison: Stephen Fry, Rupert Morgan’s Let There Be Lite, David Nobbs.
Similar this month: None but do try William Nicholson or William Sutcliffe.
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With old friends like these, who needs enemies?
It’s a question mild mannered detective Edward Newson is forced to ask himself when, in romantic desperation, he logs on to the Friends Reunited website in search of the girlfriends of his youth. Newson is not the only member of the Class of ’88 who has been raking over the ashes of the past. As his old class begins to reassemble in cyberspace, the years slip away and old feuds and passions burn hot once more.
Meanwhile, back in the present, Newson’s life is no less complicated. He is secretly in love with Natasha, his lovely but very attached sergeant, and failing comprehensively to solve a series of baffling and peculiarly gruesome murders. A school reunion is planned and as history begins to repeat itself, the past crashes headlong into the present. Neither will ever be the same again. In Past Mortem, Ben Elton – previous winner of The Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award for Popcorn – delivers both a heart-stopping thriller and a killer comic romance.
Past Mortem features in the following genres: Humorous Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, General Fiction, Recommendations
Past Mortem is available in Paperback
Past Mortem was written by Ben Elton and published by Transworld Publishers Ltd
Past Mortem has 459 pages
£11.69
