Crime fiction Fan Lorraine Johnson received eight Richard Osman books for Christmas. 6 copies of his first one The Thursday Murder Club, and two of his second, The Man Who Died Twice. ‘People think I like Cosy crime fiction’ stated Lorraine ‘becau…
Inspector Corner, Detective Pong, Sergeant Hump and Constable Hall had all journeyed from Scotland Yard in the special Ford Anglia overhead camshaft pursuit vehicle, in response to a call from Sussex Constabulary about an exploding butler. The Ford Anglia had a synchromesh gearbox and vacuum-powered windscreen wipers and it was a remarkable vehicle. It inspired many remarks, especially when peo...
Being An Excerpt From The ReminiscencesOf Dr James H Flotsam, M. D.,late of the Secret Service Medical Department Chapter One: Mr Porlock Soames In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Hatmaking from the University of Budleigh Salterton, and proceeded to Aldeburgh to undergo the course prescribed for surgeons in the Secret Service. Finding that I was refused entry to the students'...
My friend Shylock Humes looked at our remarkable visitor, Captain, or Professor, Goosefoundling - for it was indeed he - and spoke directly. His voice was like the crowing of a cock on a summer morning in Norfolk, when the sun begins to burnish the enormous sky and the windmills glow like rare moonstones. Fifteen minutes later, we had begun to tire of these farmyard impressions. My personal...
It was nine P.M. on a dark and stormy Wednesday night. I remembered that because it was raining at night, in the middle of the week. I had just polished off a long neck when there came a knock on my door, or maybe there were three. It took a minute for me to wipe myself off and put the long neck back in my pants. I had lost count of the knocks. She stood in the open doorway with a couple...
ITV bosses have spotted an area of crime drama that they have yet to cover, and are moving quickly to fill the gap. With the rest fo the British Isles covered, from PC Plum in the Shetlands, to Bergerac in the Channel Islands, there is not an area...
Despite pleas from his family and friends, it appears that actor Ed Norton has been persuaded to enter the dangerous world of Crime Thrillers by acquaintances Robert de Niro and Marlon Brando. The trio, who recently appeared together in The Score, ha...
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