Marriage is Murder! – by Nick Hall

Ex-spouses Paul and Polly Butler write murder mysteries together. They act out the crimes in Paul’s apartment: poisoned chocolates and lethal martinis, alibis and fingerprints, bodies in a trunk and bodies all tied up, daggers, guns and even an axe all contribute to the hilarity. To begin with, nobody gets hurt, but their egos take some hits as they find that their marriage was mixed up with their work. The comic twists come thick and fast as they attempt to outdo and surprise each other and they learn that marriage, like murder, is in the details. The final witty complication is a real murder which no one sees coming. This murderously funny comedy-thriller is by the author of Accommodations.