It’s also an ingeniously plotted puzzler with a twist you’ll never see coming!

But who is doing the killing, and why?Ī darkly clever take on Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None and other classics of the genre, Ten Dead Comedians is a marvel of literary ventriloquism, with hilarious comic monologues in the voice of every suspect. Marooned without cell phone service or wifi signals, they soon find themselves being murdered one by one. All nine arrive via boat to find that every building on the island is completely deserted. The group includes a former late-night TV host, a washed-up improv instructor, a ridiculously wealthy “blue collar” comic, and a past-her-prime Vegas icon. As the story opens, nine comedians of various acclaim are summoned to the island retreat of legendary Hollywood funnyman Dustin Walker. It?s also an ingeniously plotted puzzler with a twist you?ll never see coming!Ībout Fred Van LenteFred Van Lente is the #1 New York Times best-selling writer of the comics Odd Is on Our Side, Archer and Armstrong, and Action Philosophers! He also cowrote the graphic novel Cowboys and Aliens, which was made into a film starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig.Fred Van Lente’s brilliant debut is both an homage to the Golden Age of Mystery and a thoroughly contemporary show-business satire. But who is doing the killing, and why? A darkly clever take on Agatha Christie?s And Then There Were None and other classics of the genre, Ten Dead Comedians is a marvel of literary ventriloquism, with hilarious comic monologues in the voice of every suspect. The group includes a former late-night TV host, a washed-up improv instructor, a ridiculously wealthy blue collar comic, and a past-her-prime Vegas icon. Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder MysteryAuthor: Fred Van LentePublisher: Quirk BooksCategory: Crime, Crime Fiction, Parodies & SpoofsBook Format: HardcoverFred Van Lente?s brilliant debut is both an homage to the Golden Age of Mystery and a thoroughly contemporary show-business satire.

Ten Dead Comedians by Fred Van Lente