Cliffhanger

by T.J.Middleton (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $3.40

  Al Greenwood lives in a bungalow by the sea. His passions, in no particular order, are his Vanden Plas motorcar; his well-kept caravan (perfect for assignations); and his two Koi carp. But for now Al has something more pressing on his mind.

  His wife, Audrey, has got too much, and Al wants her gone. But she is tenacious, despite his best efforts, and Al's nosey neighbours are also beginning to sniff around. There's Mrs Poke Nose spying from the tree at the bottom of her garden; Kim the fisherman, catcher of the town's oldest lobster and lover of Miranda (also close to Al's heart); and Detective Inspector Rump, whose instinct for human beings comes a poor second to his instinct for fish.

  And that's just for starters.

  How will Al evade his neighbours? Can he really orchestrate a cover-up of a cover-up? And what really happened that day on the cliff?

  Cliffhanger is a big ride through Little England, a thriller unlike any you will have read before, and a stunning debut from a wholly fresh and original new voice in crime fiction.

  Also available, only as an eBook, is Cliffhanger: the Other Text, the first complete, unedited version. It has a number of differences - not the opening, that never changed, but the ending and some important bits in the middle.

• Used

  Paperback
  2009

  $3.40

  It sounded simple enough.

  `Audrey,' I said. `Audrey, why don't we go out, for a stroll?'

  `In this weather?'

  `Clear the cobwebs,' I said, pulling on my boots, and she shrugged her shoulders and said, `Why not?'

  Cause I'm going to shove you over the bloody cliff, Audrey, that's why not.

  Al Greenwood has decided to kill his wife, and he's planned the perfect murder. But things don't turn out quite the way he hoped, and Al finds himself committing more crimes to cover his tracks.

  Told through the voice of despicable yet strangely likeable Al, Cliffhanger is a blackly comic novel which takes its readers on a thrilling ride through Middle England. T. J. Middleton is a unique and exciting new voice, full of biting wit. Sharp, original and hugely entertaining, this is crime writing at its very best.

  `Perfectly paced, with sly wit and a blackly humorous ending' Sunday Telegraph

  `A rollicking ride . . . There is a touch of Ealing to this clever, witty seaside comedy of manners' Independent

  `An Ayckbournesque comedy about what happens when the unhappiness of a stale marriage develops into a sharper pain . . . Excellent' Daily Telegraph