The Fan Who Knew Too Much

The Kit Pelham Mysteries

De: Nev Fountain

Narrado por: Imogen Church

Kit Pelham is a professional fan, interviewer, host of the podcast The First Cult is the Deepest, and occasional obituary writer. Except this time the obituary is for her friend, maverick podcaster Wolf Tyler, who is murdered in his shed during a live broadcast, moments before revealing a huge secret about the cult TV show Vixens from the Void.

Kit and her group of friends and fellow superfans soon realise Wolf had discovered something about the disappearance of Lily Sparkes, an extra on Vixens from the Void, back in 1986. And it was a secret worth killing for…

To find justice for their friend, and much more importantly, new trivia about their favourite TV show, the gang decide to put together a 'Then and Now' Blu-Ray documentary that will reunite the original cast and crew. Armed with only a shoestring budget, an occasionally soggy drone, action figures (in the original packaging) and encyclopaedic knowledge of 1980s sci-fi TV, they have just four days to discover Wolf's secret, and solve his murder.

©2024 Nev Fountain (P)2024 W. F. Howes Ltd

My Inner Geek Was Thrilled!

Because this review is anonymous, I can admit to being a total sci-fi geek and binge watcher of most vintage sci-fi TV shows. I found this book hysterical! It has colorful characters, outrageous situations, and a surprise behind every corner. None of that would be possible without the amazing vocal skills of Imogen Church. She rocked this book! There was never confusion as to which of the many characters were speaking. A wacky who done it thrill ride!

DID NOT FINISH!

DNF

I got almost halfway through and still wasn’t enjoying it at all. The only slightly likable character is our protagonist, but even she becomes irritating. And her geeky friends are all jerks, and all the tv actors are even bigger jerks. There’s not a likable character in the entire book. And the pace is sloooowwwww!! It took half the book just to finally get all the suspects together.

This book simply did not spark joy. Quite regrettable for a book that’s supposed to be a “love letter to the geek community”. And I’m definitely the target audience! Not even wanting to know “who done it” could keep me reading. Not even one of my favorite narrators could save this book for me.

So disappounted!