Murder at Crime Manor
The parody crime novel nominated for the Everyman Bollinger Wodehouse Prize

Name: Murder at Crime Manor
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Fergus Craig
ISBN: 9781405556187

Author: Fergus Craig

Series: Roger LeCarre

Narrator: Fergus Craig

Unabridged: 6 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Published: 10/04/2022

Categories: Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Humorous

Synopsis

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.

About Fergus Craig

As well as an author, Fergus is a multi-award-winning actor, comedian and writer for television. I'm Not The Only Murderer In My Retirement Home is his third novel. He lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ruby

Please please please if you've been wanting to listen to an audiobook, listen to one of the books in this series!! Smooth narration that goes down like butter, hilarious book that had me laughing out loud.......more

Goodreads review by Lewis

Another fantastic book in this series. Made me laugh throughout and was actually a decent, engaging story. Read it over one weekend as it’s a nice length and I didn’t want to put it down. It’s maybe a little obvious in places but even when you think you’ve guessed it something else is thrown in whic......more

Goodreads review by Soizic

That was a great book. I really wasn't expecting it to be so consistently funny. The author did an awesome job reading it for the audiobook. I really enjoyed listening to the characters speaking like they were supposed to sound.......more

Quotes

Detective Roger LeCarre is lovable, funny and absurd. This book is Wodehousian in spirit and style. You laugh out loud, and you wonder how it is that in a staged country-house setting, where murder is done, you can still care. And then you realise that you've enjoyed it. A fictional romp to savour. James Naughtie (for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize)

I laughed out loud at the very first line. And it just got funnier from there. Like Les Dawson playing the piano, Fergus Craig is a master of brilliantly hilarious terrible writing. Richard Herring

Awards

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction