Ann Widdecombe's Dancing Detective is debut self-publishing performance

The former MP's first detective novel spins off from a Strictly Come Dancing-esque TV show called Lively Toes Read an extractFeaturing a "conceited brute" of a politician, a professional dancer named Beautella LaReine and a backstage murder on a popular televised dance contest, Ann Widdecombe's first foray into detective fiction has just been self-published on Amazon.The former member of parliament has released The Dancing Detective through Amazon's CreateSpace self-publishing arm. Drawing from Widdecombe's own experiences on Strictly Come Dancing, it is set around the fictional dance competition Lively Toes and includes a character named after Widdecombe's Strictly partner Anton du Beke, who Widdecombe writes has "graciously agreed to be the model" for her creation, one Anton Caesar. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]

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