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The contestants in TV’s Fame Factory are being eliminated one by one. But it’s not by viewer vote… A man in a miniskirt hanging from a tree. A girl with the voice of an angel and a needle in her arm. And one half of the tabloids’ favourite couple lying dead in one of London’s poshest hotels. What links them together? Inspector Mike Braithwaite might be able to work it out, if only his 11-year-old daughter would stop going on about the nation’s favourite TV talent show... This hilarious tale of Z-list celebrities, reality show wannabes, PC policemen and TV producers who’d sell their own grandmothers live on air for a cut of the cash from the phone-lines is the first novel by Private Eye journalist Adam Macqueen. "Funny and intelligent… a wonderful comic novel" - Transworld Publishing
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"I loved this book"
From the hilarious twist within the first page to the very end, this novel is a joy. Its humour never flags, the dialogue is crisp, and it shows a lightness of touch thoughout. The central idea - that contestants in a Pop-Idol-alike TV show are being successively bumped off by a serial killer - is a good one. But it is the way this storyline is combined with a satire on celebrity and the media that makes the book so special. And all this while still managing to be a very funny page-turner. Read it!
"Read this book, it's brilliant"
It's clever, it's funny it's gripping and I loved it. Didn't guess who did it till the big reveal, and I really did stay up all night to finish it and find out.
"Great"
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. Found it very hard to put down and it kept me guessing all the way. I also loved the gentle jabs it takes at modern society! A very good read.
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