Actually, I'm A Murderer

A Hitchcockian premise - it''s Strangers on a Train squared as there are four of them. The year is 1973. Four people are thrown together in a railway compartment of an early morning mail train from London to Sunderland. To pass the time they share a little about themselves and the purpose of their journey. Claire is working in electronics and believes a desk-sized personal computer will make her fortune. Tony is an actor heading home for a job in touring school''s theatre company. Edward is a top lawyer and adviser to the Heath government on the new venture into the European Union. The insignificant little man in the corner, John, says, ''Actually I''m a murderer.'' No one really believes him, but in the days to come one of his fellow passengers will become his latest victim...>

Autorentext

Terry Deary was born in Sunderland, in the north east of England, and now lives in County Durham. He was a professional actor before he began writing scripts for the theatre company he was working for and then adapting those stories into novels. He has also worked as a theatre director, museum manager, drama teacher and television presenter.

Terry is the creator of the Horrible Histories series and has written both fiction and non-fiction for children and adults, including the Sunday Times bestseller A History of Britain in Ten Enemies. In his 48 years as an author, he has sold over 38 million books in 45 languages, and has also written for TV, theatre, radio, audio and new media scripts.

Terry's great love has always been reading murder mysteries and, for his landmark 350th book, he decided to finally write his own crime novel. Actually, I'm a Murderer is based on a meeting he had on a train journey in 1974 - but one where nobody died, unlike in the book.

Klappentext

Four strangers on a train. One of them a murderer... or are there more and they're just not saying? A wickedly funny and clever crime novel from the bestselling author of the Horrible Histories and A History of Britain in Ten Enemies.