Fergus Craig – författare

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 BEAExeter: 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.

THE MANOR HOUSE MURDER MYSTERY AS YOU''VE NEVER SEEN IT

''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

Detective Roger LeCarre. Scourge of crime. Guardian of Exeter. Amateur squash player. And now, party guest at Powderham, the manor house owned by mysterious billionaire tech genius Eli Quartz.

It is a small and unconventional gathering: the Bishop, a fading radio star, a desperate aristocrat, the aging butler and his absurdly beautiful daughter - and Detective Roger LeCarre. Then a snowstorm blows in and the group realise they are trapped.

And when, completely against expectations for this kind of situation, someone winds up dead, it''s obvious who must solve the crime. Obvious, but for the fact the murder weapon was in Detective Roger LeCarre''s hand, and the body was at his feet...

Murder at Crime Manor was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction on 4 October, 2023.

SOLVE THE MOST HILARIOUS MYSTERY OF THE YEARAn ex-serial killer. A dozen retired investigators. And one bloody murder... ''What a lovely romp - as it were - Fergus is so funny and brilliant.''MIRANDA HART''Making murder funny is a delicate business, but Craig manages it with aplomb in a wry, witty style''DAILY MAIL***** ''A fun and lighthearted cosy crime which had me laughing out loud'' CUSTOMER REVIEWWhen former serial killer Carol takes her place in a luxury retirement home, she begins to find her feet with a small new group of friends. If she can only keep her past hidden, maybe she has a chance at happiness.That''s when she discovers that, absurdly, every other one of Sheldon Oaks'' residents was involved in the law somehow. It''s not long before her true identity is leaked, and when a former police commissioner resident is murdered, naturally all eyes turn to her...Now she must solve the case to prove her innocence - just as her new friends start their own investigations into whether there is more than one killer at Sheldon Oaks.Praise for Fergus Craig:''I can''t wait for you to get involved in [this] VERY silly thriller. We all need more laughs like this'' AISLING BEA''Laugh out loud funny.'' MARK BILLINGHAM ''Tea-spittingly hilarious.'' CHRIS BROOKMYRE ''Funny and gripping'' DARA Ó BRIAIN