''Corpsing'' is a

crime thriller Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professiona ...

by British writer

Toby Litt Toby Litt (born 1968) is an English writer and academic based at the University of Southampton. Life Litt was born in Ampthill, England, in 1968. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, read English at Worcester College, Oxford and studied C ...

published in 2000.

Plot summary

Conrad is a

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who, whilst having lunch with his ex-girlfriend Lily, witnesses her murder and is shot himself by an anonymous assailant. The rest of the novel centres on Conrad's attempts to uncover the identity of Lily's killer and to discover the reasons for her murder.

External links

''Corpsing''
at Toby Litt's homepage. * 2000 British novels British thriller novels Novels set in London Hamish Hamilton books {{2000s-crime-novel-stub