I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson & Will Ferguson

Miranda Abbott, once known for the crime-solving, karate-chopping church pastor she played on network television, has hit hard times. Turned down for a role on a cable reality show, Miranda is facing ruin when a mysterious postcard arrives, summoning her to Happy Rock, a small town in the Pacific Northwest. But when she gets there, nothing is what she expected.

In dire straits, she signs up for an amateur production at the Happy Rock Little Theatre, competing against the local real estate agent for the lead role. On opening night, one of the actors is murdered, live, in front of the audience. But out of 100 witnesses, no one actually saw what happened. Now everyone is under a cloud of suspicion, including the sardonic town doctor, the local high-school drama teacher, an oil-stained car mechanic, an elderly gentleman who may or may not have been in the CIAand Miranda herself. Clearly, the only way to solve this mystery is for Miranda to summon her skills as television's Pastor Fran and draw on the help of her new sidekick, Susan, a shy bookstore clerk who seems to know everyone's secrets. Because the show must go on! (From HarperCollins)

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Will Fergusonhas written humour, travel books and fiction. The Calgary-based writer won the 2012 ScotiabankGiller Prizefor his thriller419. He has won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour three times: for his novelGenerica(now titledHappiness), his Canadian travel bookBeauty Tips from Moose Jawand his travel memoirBeyond Belfast.

Ian Ferguson is a Victoria-based writer and creative director in the film and television industry. Ferguson won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour forVillage of the Small Housesand is the co-author, with his brother,Will Ferguson, ofHow to Be a Canadian, which was shortlisted for the Leacock Medal and won the CBA Libris Award for nonfiction.

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