Actually, I'm A Corpse
A hilarious murder mystery from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author
Will be published approx. on 11. June 2026
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-4087-2013-4 (ISBN)
Description
The new wickedly funny and clever murder mystery from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories.
'The perfect thriller - transporting you to a point in time through exquisite period details, peculiarly beguiling characters and immediate page turning events. The sort of book you dream of writing!' TOM ALLEN
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1973. Hours after a mysterious phone call is made to the police, a train pulls into Sunderland station with a dead body on board.
Cause of death: strangulation. Victim: unknown. Witnesses: none.
Undeterred by this baffling set of circumstances, newly promoted Police Sergeant Aline James vows to crack the case and prove her critics wrong. But when her famously ruthless investigation tactics yield no results, she is forced to seek help from two unlikely allies: unassuming assassin John Brown and calamitous actor Tony Davies.
As bodies pile up, can this unusual trio thwart a devilishly complex plot, before one of them, actually, becomes a corpse?
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Praise for the Actually Murders . . .
'Sinister and hilarious. Great fun' SUN
'Dark, witty . . . had me racing for the end' JANICE HALLETT
'[A] smart, funny and deftly executed page turner' GUARDIAN
'Extraordinarily fun and oh-so-gripping' i PAPER
'Funny, and so very, very clever . . . the most fun I've had reading a book in a long time ' M. W. CRAVEN
'Wonderful' IAN MOORE
'The perfect thriller - transporting you to a point in time through exquisite period details, peculiarly beguiling characters and immediate page turning events. The sort of book you dream of writing!' TOM ALLEN
______________
1973. Hours after a mysterious phone call is made to the police, a train pulls into Sunderland station with a dead body on board.
Cause of death: strangulation. Victim: unknown. Witnesses: none.
Undeterred by this baffling set of circumstances, newly promoted Police Sergeant Aline James vows to crack the case and prove her critics wrong. But when her famously ruthless investigation tactics yield no results, she is forced to seek help from two unlikely allies: unassuming assassin John Brown and calamitous actor Tony Davies.
As bodies pile up, can this unusual trio thwart a devilishly complex plot, before one of them, actually, becomes a corpse?
______________
Praise for the Actually Murders . . .
'Sinister and hilarious. Great fun' SUN
'Dark, witty . . . had me racing for the end' JANICE HALLETT
'[A] smart, funny and deftly executed page turner' GUARDIAN
'Extraordinarily fun and oh-so-gripping' i PAPER
'Funny, and so very, very clever . . . the most fun I've had reading a book in a long time ' M. W. CRAVEN
'Wonderful' IAN MOORE
Reviews / Votes
The perfect thriller - transporting you to a point in time through exquisite period details, peculiarly beguiling characters and immediate page turning events. The sort of book you dream of writing! -- Tom Allen Praise for the Actually Murders series: A pitch perfect mix of sinister and hilarious. Great fun * Sun * This smart, funny and deftly executed page turner is sure to please * Guardian * Extraordinarily fun and oh-so-gripping * i Paper * A dark, witty story that had me racing for the end, yet reluctant to finish! Vivid, clever, cheeky and compelling -- Janice Hallett, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE APPEAL The most fun I've had reading a book in a long time. Pitch-perfect in tone, funny, and so very very clever. I'd be surprised if I read anything better this year. Highly recommended -- M. W. Craven, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE MERCY CHAIR A wonderful story told with increasing pace. A cross between Hitchcock and The Beiderbecke Affair -- Ian Moore, author of DEATH AND CROISSANTSMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
566 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4087-2013-4 (9781408720134)
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Terry Deary
Actually, I'm A Corpse
A hilarious murder mystery from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author
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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 No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller A History of Britain in Ten Enemies. He has been a published writer since 1977, selling over 38 million books in 45 languages, and he 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. Actually, I'm a Murderer was his first crime novel and it was the start of the Actually Murders series.
Terry is the creator of the Horrible Histories series and has written both fiction and non-fiction for children and adults, including the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller A History of Britain in Ten Enemies. He has been a published writer since 1977, selling over 38 million books in 45 languages, and he 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. Actually, I'm a Murderer was his first crime novel and it was the start of the Actually Murders series.