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A Breath of Fresh Air for the Genre(s),
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This review is from: Geek Tragedy (Mervyn Stone Mysteries) (Hardcover)
Top rate murder mystery? Absolutely - a throwback to the classic golden age detective stories - fairly clued, mildly eccentric sleuth, the lot. But it's so much more than that. Providing every reason you ever needed to never, ever go to a sci-fi convention, but written with such humour that you can't help smiling all the way through it. An absolute treat. Can't wait to read the next two.
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This review is from: Geek Tragedy (Mervyn Stone Mysteries) (Paperback)
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Nev Fountain, and as a result decided to read one of his Mervyn Stone mysteries, 'Geek Tragedy'. I am very glad I did as this is really laugh-out-loud funny, as well as being a terrific 'who-dunnit' that keeps you guessing right to the end.Of course it helps if you have experienced a sci-fi convention for yourself as you will undoubtedly recognise many of the characters! But this is not essential to the enjoyment of a fast paced and very entertaining book. Highly recommended.
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Frighteningly Funny (and Familiar),
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This review is from: Geek Tragedy (Mervyn Stone Mysteries) (Paperback)
Geek Tragedy by Nev Fountain details the first case of one Meryvn Stone, former writer and script editor of smash hit 1980s BBC television show Vixens From The Void and reluctant amateur sleuth.Stone, a man whose career has not prospered since Vixens was cancelled, arrives at an anonymous hotel where he will a guest at VixCon15. His low expectations are almost immediately confirmed when he is thrust back into the slightly sweaty arms of Vixens From the Void's fandom which - ...only existed so that Xena Warrior Princess fans had someone to pity. (p17) And that's about as far as I'm willing to go without spoiling the plot, obviously there is a murder and a mystery. Our hero rises to the occasion, in more than one sense of the word. The setting will be hilariously familiar and appalling to anyone whose ever attended, guested or organised a fan convention and will be hideously fascinating to anyone who has not. The characters are well drawn and manage the difficult balance between caricature and believability - I've met some of these people, hell I've been some of these people. Nev Fountain keeps the mystery and the comedy in perfect harmony so that you find yourself laughing and second guessing the plot at the same time.
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