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A Ghost of a Chance
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A Ghost of a Chance Paperback - 2005

by Peter Guttridge

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"The satire is spot on. . . . There's a pinch of Pratchett, a drop of Hiaasen and a deep affection for the worst of Fleet Street, but the result is all Guttridge."--The Guardian

"I enjoyed the book immensely. Should make anyone smile, with the possible exception of New Agers, pensioners and devil-worshippers."--Ian Rankin

Nick Madrid isn't exactly thrilled when his best friend in journalism--OK, his only friend in journalism--the Bitch of the Broadsheets, Bridget Frost, commissions him to spend a night in a haunted place on the Sussex Downs and live to tell the tale. Especially as living to tell the tale isn't made an urgent priority.

But Nick stumbles on a hotter story when he discovers a dead man hanging upside down from an ancient oak. Why was he killed? Is there a connection to the nearby New Age conference centre? Or to The Great Beast, the Hollywood movie about Aleister Crowley, filming down in Brighton?

New Age meets The Old Religion as Nick is bothered, bewildered but not necessarily bewitched by pagans, Satanists and a host of assorted metaphysicians. Sances, sabbats, a horse-ride from Hell and a kick-boxing zebra all come Nick's way as he obstinately tracks a treasure once in the possession of Crowley.

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  • Title A Ghost of a Chance
  • Author Peter Guttridge
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 252
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum, Denver
  • Publication date 2005-01
  • ISBN 9780972577687 / 0972577688
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.81 in (19.81 x 13.46 x 2.06 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Journalists
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004021720
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Peter Guttridge is the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Southampton University and teaches creative writing. Between 1998 and 2002 he was the Director of the Brighton Literature Festival. Since 1998 he has been the mystery reviewer for The Observer, one of Britain's most prestigious Sunday newspapers. He lives in Sussex on the edge of the South Downs National Park.

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