John Hunt Publishing - Roundfire - announces the new title
Stop Press Murder A Crampton of the Chronicle mystery Peter Bartram FIRST, the saucy film of a nude woman bathing is stolen from a What the Butler Saw machine on Brighton’s Palace Pier. NEXT, the pier’s night-watchman is murdered - his body found in the coconut shy. COLIN CRAMPTON, ace reporter on the Evening Chronicle, senses a scoop when he’s the only journalist to discover a link between the two crimes. HE UNCOVERS a 50-year feud between twin sisters - one a screen siren from the days of silent movies, the other the haughty wife of an aristocrat. BUT COLIN’S investigation spirals out of control - as he RISKS HIS LIFE to land the biggest story of his career. STOP PRESS MURDER, a Swinging Sixties mystery, has more twists and turns than a country lane. It will keep you guessing - and laughing - right to the last page. Author Bio Peter Bartram is the author of the Crampton of the Chronicle novels and short stories. He has also written 21 non-fiction books and thousands of articles for newspapers and magazines. Online: Facebook, Author Website, Blog Previous Titles Headline Murder (9781785350726), Roundfire Books, 2015. Endorsements Headline Murder is an amiable romp through the shady back streets of 1960s Brighton. Its central character, the breezy journalist Colin Crampton, is very engaging and I look forward to his next investigation. Simon Brett, award-winning crime writer Promotional Plans Dedicated Colin Crampton website. Facebook, Twitter. Blog tours. Book launch, signings. Author talks: “Finding Colin Crampton”. USP Second book of a burgeoning series. Moves the English cozy murder from the country village to a popular seaside setting. Makes the hero a newspaper crime correspondent who's chasing a story as well as solving a murder. Blends teasing mystery with gentle humour and 1960s nostalgia. Competing Books The Corpse on the Court (9781780295329), by Simon Brett Creme de la Crime , 2014 Categories FICTION(FIC022030) -> Mystery & Detective(FIC022030) -> Traditional British(FIC022030) FICTION(FIC050000) -> Crime(FIC050000) FICTION(FIC022000) -> Mystery & Detective(FIC022000) -> General(FIC022000)	Publication Date August 2016 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78535-440-3 $19.95  |  £11.99 8.5x5.5 inches | 216x140 mm 320PP e-book ISBN: 978-1-78535-441-0 $7.99  |  £4.99 Library of Congress 2016931754
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