imhilien

A murder-mystery book I recently read and liked was 'The Con Artist' by Fred van Lente.

Comic book artist Mike Manson arrives at San Diego Comic Con to get art commissions, which are his bread and butter. His ex-wife is at the con as well as Danny, the man Mike caught his wife with. But when Danny is found murdered, Mike becomes the prime suspect. He has to solve the crime - at the same time as getting those precious art commissions. Drawings are throughout the book.

It's set in a slightly different universe, because there's mention of a 'Dragonriders of Pern' movie. *snuffles* *looks at dragon collection* However, I  don't think in any universe there would be a Lord of the Rings movie by the title of 'Sauron's Revenge' (1st of 7 movies). *giggles*  That's just being silly. I think.

I like stories set at conventions - there's the 1988 'Bimbos of the the Death Sun' - obnoxious guest author is found dead at a con, all the attendees could be suspects. 'Night of the Living Trekkies' has a zombie apocalypse beginning at a Star Trek con (quite plausibly, too).

Lastly, I have sympathy for this reviewer from the 'Smart Bitches, Trashy Books' website -

"Have you ever felt like a book was fighting with you? I had such a hard time with my innocent-seeming paperback copy of Lady Traveller’s that you would have thought it was one of the feisty books in the Terry Pratchett universe that have to be chained to the shelves. It wouldn’t lie flat. It kept worming its way under couch cushions and blankets. Every time I picked it up I dropped it, and every time I dropped it my bookmark fell out."

The book was rated C - in the end.

https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/