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Actually, I'm A Corpse

A hilarious murder mystery from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author
By Terry Deary
Series: The Actually Murders
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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... Read More
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The new hilarious and fiendishly clever murder mystery following an unlikely crime-solving trio in 1970s Sunderland, from the bestselling author of the Horrible Histories series and the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller A History of Britain in Ten Enemies.

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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

Series: The Actually Murders

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408720134

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 June 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Constable

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 238.0mm

Weight: 560g

Pages: 352

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Pre-order Books Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: The Actually Murders Terry Deary

About the Author

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.

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