Book description
With old friends like these, who needs enemies?
It's a question mild mannered detective Edward Newson is forced to
ask himself when, in romantic desperation, he logs on to the Friends
Reunited website in search of the girlfriends of his youth. Newson is
not the only member of the Class of take back '88 who has been raking
over the ashes of the past. As his old class begins to reassemble in
cyberspace, the years slip away and old feuds and passions burn hot
once more.
Meanwhile, back in the present, Newson's life is no less
complicated. He is secretly in love with Natasha, his lovely but very
attached sergeant, and failing comprehensively to solve a series of
baffling and peculiarly gruesome murders. A school reunion is planned
and as history begins to repeat itself, the past crashes headlong into
the present. Neither will ever be the same again.
In Past Mortem, Ben Elton - previous winner of The Crime
Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Popcorn - delivers
both a heart-stopping thriller and a killer comic romance.
Ben Elton is one of Britain's most provocative and entertaining
writers. From celebrity to climate change, from the First World War to
the end of the world, his books give his unique perspective on some of
the most controversial topics of our time.
He has written twelve major bestsellers, including Stark,
Popcorn, Inconceivable (filmed as Maybe
Baby, which he also directed), Dead Famous, High
Society (WH Smith People's Choice Award 2003) and The First Casualty.
He has also written some of television's most popular and incisive
comedy, including The Young Ones, Blackadder and The
Man From Auntie. His stage work includes three West End plays
and the hit musicals The Beautiful Game and We Will Rock You.
He is married with three children.
