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Lynne Truss is a writer and broadcaster. She has written for Woman's Journal, the Daily Mail, The Times and the Sunday Times. In 1996 she was named Columnist of the Year and the following year was shortlisted for Sportswriter of the Year. She has written extensively for radio, including dramas, adaptations and short stories. She is the author of three novels and she also writes scripts and comedy series for BBC Radio 4. Truss's first book, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, was an international bestseller and won the British Book Awards Book of the Year. Lynne Truss lives in Brighton. Lynnetruss.com
Bringing the undoubted comic talents of Lynne Truss to crime fiction should be a marriage made in heaven, and that is exactly what it turns out to be. A Shot in the Dark is sheer, witty delight ... Enchanting -- Simon Brett Truss's new crime novel is an unqualified masterpiece * Glasgow Herald * Praise for Lynne Truss: 'Truss deserves to be piled high with honours * Sunday Times * A wonderful tale full of parodies, pastiches and paradoxes ... Pure joy * Daily Telegraph * A novel as entertaining as it is addictive ... The best in humorous writing * Sunday Telegraph * One of those rare books that actually makes you laugh out loud ... Impossible not to read in one sitting * Sunday Times * A comic chiller in the best tradition of mad British humour * Daily Express *
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The charming first novel in a new comic crime series, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne Truss 'More Marx Brothers than Agatha Christie, this is crime fiction turned on its head - a giddy spell of sheer delight' Daily Mail Brighton, 1957. Inspector Steine rather enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress. So its really rather annoying when an ambitious not to mention irritating new constable shows up to work and starts investigating a series of burglaries. And its 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. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR009309000
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paperback. Condition: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut -The charming first novel in a new comic crime series, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne Truss'More Marx Brothers than Agatha Christie, this is crime fiction turned on its head - a giddy spell of sheer delight' Daily MailBrighton, 1957. Inspector Steine rather enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress.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. 304 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # INF1001384869
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paperback. Condition: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut Leichte Lagerspuren -The charming first novel in a new comic crime series, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne Truss'More Marx Brothers than Agatha Christie, this is crime fiction turned on its head - a giddy spell of sheer delight' Daily MailBrighton, 1957. Inspector Steine rather enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress.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. 304 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # INF1001390497
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paperback. Condition: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut Leichte Lagerspuren -The charming first novel in a new comic crime series, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne Truss'More Marx Brothers than Agatha Christie, this is crime fiction turned on its head - a giddy spell of sheer delight' Daily MailBrighton, 1957. Inspector Steine rather enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress.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. 304 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # INF1001390494
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The charming first novel in a new comic crime series, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne Truss'More Marx Brothers than Agatha Christie, this is crime fiction turned on its head - a giddy spell of sheer delight' Daily MailBrighton, 1957. Inspector Steine rather enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress.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. 304 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9781408890523
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The charming first novel in a new comic crime series, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne Truss'More Marx Brothers than Agatha Christie, this is crime fiction turned on its head - a giddy spell of sheer delight' Daily MailBrighton, 1957. Inspector Steine rather enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress.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. Seller Inventory # 9781408890523
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