Review: The Comedy Club Mystery: A Crampton of the Chronicle adventure

The Comedy Club Mystery: A Crampton of the Chronicle adventure by Peter Bartram
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Set in 1960’s Brighton, a time of fish and chips wrapped in newspaper (soggy with vinegar), smoking indoors and cheesy non PC humour.

Colin Crampton, the slightly flash crime reporter for the Evening Chronicle and his model girlfriend, Shirley, are investigating the murder of theatrical agent Daniel Bernstein. Just who pushed a sword through him and stole Max Miller’s famous Blue Book?

This has everything, a slightly camp suspect, Sidney Pinker, the bizarre Teddy Hooper and his ventriloquist dummy The Honourable Percy Plonker and Ernie Winkle.

Crampton does discover the murderer after run ins with gangsters and the Hardmann brothers ! and some help from the feisty Shirley …..all delivered with some cracking one liners and toe curling dodgy humour…..a fun, entertaining read.

Thank you to Anne Cater and Random Things Tours for the opportunity to participate in this blog tour and for the promotional materials and a free copy of the book in exchange for my honest, unbiased review.


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