Mix Elmore Leonard with a pinch of Tarantino, a hint of farce and a dob of Agatha Christie and you've got "Murder at The Fortnight". Introducing Stella Pentangeli - Lady Showbiz Detective - and Investigator Ng - The Last Honest Cop. "Murder at The Fortnight" is a darkly hilarious tale of murder, greed, fame and lust set squarely under the bright lights of the world of showbusiness. When celebs start dropping like flies at The Playwright's Fortnight, Stella and Ng must battle media hysteria and political backstabbing in their desperate search for a killer who keeps on killing. Who will be next? The dialogue is snappy, the characters outrageous, and the story gripping. Steve J. Spears was a professional writer for thirty years. He is best known as the author of one of Australia's classic plays, "The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin". He has published stage plays, children's books and a collection of his essays, "In Search of the Bodgie". "Murder at The Fortnight" is the first in his series of darkly comic whodunit novels under the collective title of "The Pentangeli Papers". "Steve J. Spears is fabulous!" - Joanna Lumley
Mix Elmore Leonard with a pinch of Tarantino, a hint of farce and a dob of Agatha Christie and you've got "Murder at The Fortnight". Introducing Stella Pentangeli - Lady Showbiz Detective - and Investigator Ng - The Last Honest Cop. "Murder at The Fortnight" is a darkly hilarious tale of murder, greed, fame and lust set squarely under the bright lights of the world of showbusiness. When celebs start dropping like flies at The Playwright's Fortnight, Stella and Ng must battle media hysteria and political backstabbing in their desperate search for a killer who keeps on killing. Who will be next? The dialogue is snappy, the characters outrageous, and the story gripping. Steve J. Spears was a professional writer for thirty years. He is best known as the author of one of Australia's classic plays, "The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin". He has published stage plays, children's books and a collection of his essays, "In Search of the Bodgie". "Murder at The Fortnight" is the first in his series of darkly comic whodunit novels under the collective title of "The Pentangeli Papers". "Steve J. Spears is fabulous!" - Joanna Lumley