Böcker av Mark McCrum

A novice detective joins a rock star's entourage to follow a trail of sex, drugs, and suspicious deaths, in this brand-new murder mystery by the author of Murder Your Darlings. Crime writer Francis Meadowes has just been offered his first paid detective gig-which means going on the road with gender-fluid rock star JonniK, tagging along as the musician's entourage travels from Berlin to Brussels and beyond. Jonni's manager is already worried by a guitar tech's fatal overdose on a tour bus, but then the star himself is attacked on stage ... Another shock comes as Jonni's lead guitarist is electrocuted by his own instrument in the middle of a gig. When another band member becomes a victim, Francis realises he is in a dangerous race against time to find out exactly what is going on... Praise for the Francis Meadowes mysteries "A rollicking read." -London Evening Standard "Very engaging." -The Sydney Morning Herald "Readers will have fun." -Publishers Weekly

A literary festival turns lethal, in this sharp-witted series debut: "A marvellous set of unsavoury suspects . . . good, nasty fun with a ring of truth." --The Mail on Sunday, Thriller of the Week Bryce Peabody is ready to give a scandalous talk at the annual literary festival in the pretty English town of Mold-on-Wold. Scathing in his reviews and unseemly in his affairs, Bryce is known to have many enemies. So when he's discovered dead in his hotel room, festival attendees are desperate to know what happened. Could one of the numerous writers he has insulted have taken revenge? Or perhaps one of his scorned lovers? Soon, author Francis Meadowes is drawn into a role he knows only from his own fiction--that of amateur detective. But will he catch the culprit before more festival-goers meet a grizzly end? "A rollicking read." --London Evening Standard "A very engaging literary romp." --The Sydney Morning Herald "Ingenious." --The Independent Chosen for the Independent on Sunday's "Alternative Booker Prize Longlist"

In April 2011, four soldiers - each a veteran of recent conflicts, who suffered devastating injuries in the line of duty - set out on an extraordinary challenge: a two-hundred mile trek, unsupported, to the North Pole.Joined by patron Prince Harry, the charity founders, a polar guide and a film crew, the team achieved their goal despite facing hurdles an able-bodied athlete would baulk at, and having seen their resilience tested to the limit. They returned with a story that proves strength of mind can be every bit as powerful as strength of body, and as an inspiration to us all.

Dynamically repackaged in a tempting trade paperback and including new photographs, this is a fitting follow up 2001's most successful hardback - Somebody Someday.