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Stevyn Colgan ¹ 5 Free download Summary è PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free ¹ Stevyn Colgan Free download A Murder to Die For è PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free En a second Crabbe devotee is found murdered Though the police are uick to arrive on the scene the facts are tricky to ascertain as the witnesses suspects and victim are all dressed as Miss Cutter And they all want to solve that crime too. Fictional murder is so much less stressful than the real thing said the director At least you can schedule it At the heart of Stevyn Colgan s very funny novel is a tension that gives it bite Colgan a former police officer of 30 years standing knows very well that the conventions of the so called cosy murder mystery are fantasy but he loves them all the same In this confident fictional debut he plays reality and the unreal off each other and the result is almost always a laugh To make a couple of odious comparisons there s a touch of Midsomer Murders here Neil Dudgeon provides a cover uote and also perhaps of Hot Fuzz But there are two things that really make it stand alone The first is some really deft character comedy DI Blount is a monstrous creation that I like to imagine has his origins in the real life scramble for promotion up the ranks that must exist in the police force there s also a surprising love story between two characters that is as sweet as it is comical The other thing is the comedy set pieces Early on there s a struggle between a burger van owner with anger management issues and a rugby player in drag with will have half the readership wincing while they laugh and then there s a stake out at a vicarage towards the end that recalls some of the funniest stuff in Chris Morris s Four Lions Highly recommended entertainment for a winter s afternoon or a summer evening Duplicity you can schedule it At the heart of Stevyn Colgan s very funny novel is a tension that gives it bite Colgan a former police officer of 30 Don't Try This at Home How to Win a Sumo Match Catch a Great White Shark Start an Independent Nation and Other Extraordinary Feats For Ordinary People years standing knows very well that the conventions of the so called cosy murder mystery are fantasy but he loves them all the same In this confident fictional debut he plays reality and the unreal off each other and the result is almost always a laugh To make a couple of odious comparisons there s a touch of Midsomer Murders here Neil Dudgeon provides a cover uote and also perhaps of Hot Fuzz But there are two things that really make it stand alone The first is some really deft character comedy DI Blount is a monstrous creation that I like to imagine has his origins in the real life scramble for promotion up the ranks that must exist in the police force there s also a surprising love story between two characters that is as sweet as it is comical The other thing is the comedy set pieces Early on there s a struggle between a burger van owner with anger management issues and a rugby player in drag with will have half the readership wincing while they laugh and then there s a stake out at a vicarage towards the end that recalls some of the funniest stuff in Chris Morris s Four Lions Highly recommended entertainment for a winter s afternoon or a summer evening

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Stevyn Colgan ¹ 5 Free download Summary è PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free ¹ Stevyn Colgan Free download A Murder to Die For è PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free Esidents are outnumbered by crowds dressed as Crabbe’s best known character the lady detective Millicent Cutter The weekend is never a mild mannered affair as fan club rivalries bubble below the surface but tensions reach new heights wh. Ex cop and comedy writer Stevyn Colgan is a maverick and he refuses to play by the rules A Murder to Die For is a fun subversive murder mystery novel set at a murder mystery festival written from the heart and a must for any fan of PG Wodehouse David Nobbs Tom Sharpe and Keith WaterhouseThe book is in part a comedy a mystery a romance and a critiue of TV s Murder She Wrote But perhaps the biggest mystery of all is how the author managed to turn out such a perfectly crafted mystery novel over the course of a couple of wet afternoons in April A Murder to Die For is a thing of joy and accordingly I m off to set up a DI Blount Appreciation SocietyAnd it ll be the best ever DI Blount Appreciation Society