At the start of the Mold-on-Wold literary festival, eminent critic Bryce Peabody is found dead in his hotel bed. Natural causes – or something more sinister, involving one of the writers he has insulted in print? Or is there a more personal reason? Bryce’s private life has never been simple, and at least two of his exes are also up in Mold on this summer weekend.
Unable to help himself, crime writer Francis Meadowes soon finds himself being drawn into a role he knows only from fiction, that of amateur sleuth …
Fest is a murder mystery set at a literary festival in the UK, where writers of all kinds have gathered to talk about their lives, careers and books over a weekend in the English countryside: this novel is both a wry look at the contemporary British literary scene and a gripping whodunnit that will keep you guessing till the very end.
