Description
Mystery Man Paperback – 14 May 2009
by Bateman
A superbly gripping and blackly funny mystery by the king of the comic crime caper.
He’s the Man With No Name and the owner of No Alibis, a mystery bookshop in Belfast. But when a detective agency next door goes bust, the agency’s clients start calling into his shop asking him to solve their cases. It’s not as if there’s any danger involved. It’s an easy way to sell books to his gullible customers and Alison, the beautiful girl in the jewellery shop across the road, will surely be impressed. Except she’s not – because she can see the bigger picture. And when they break into the shuttered shop next door on a dare, they have their answer. Suddenly they’re catapulted along a murder trail which leads them from small-time publishing to Nazi concentration camps and serial killers…
Book Description
MYSTERY MAN has recently been optioned by SMG, the makers of Taggart and Rebus, to be developed for television; they are currently seeking to attach a high profile cast.
From the Publisher
Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, DIVORCING JACK, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films DIVORCING JACK, CROSSMAHEART and WILD ABOUT HARRY. He lives in Ireland with his family.
About the Author
Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, DIVORCING JACK, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films DIVORCING JACK and WILD ABOUT HARRY and the popular TV series MURPHY’S LAW starring James Nesbitt. Bateman lives in Ireland with his family.
Product details
- Publisher : Headline; 1st edition (14 May 2009)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 432 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0755346750
- ISBN-13 : 9780755346752
- Dimensions : 13 x 20 x 2.9 cm
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