Shot in the Dark

The first book in a charming and witty new crime series from much-loved author Lynne Truss

After the notorious ‘Middle Street Massacre’ of 1951, when the majority of Brighton’s criminals wiped one another out in a vicious battle as the local police force enjoyed a brief stop en route for an ice cream, Inspector Steine rather enjoys life as a policeman. No criminals, no crime, no stress. He just wishes Sergeant Brunswick would stop insisting that perhaps not every criminal was wiped out that fateful day.

So it’s really rather annoying when an ambitious – not to mention irritating – new Constable shows up to work and starts investigating a series of burglaries. And it’s even more annoying when, after Constable Twitten is despatched to the theatre for the night, he sits next to a vicious theatre critic who is promptly shot dead part way through the opening night of a new play.

It seems Brighton may be in need of a police force after all…

Prima carte dintr-o noua serie de crime, fermecatoare si plina de spirit, a autorului mult iubit Lynne Truss Dupa notoriu „Massacre de pe strada de mijloc” din 1951, cand majoritatea infractorilor din Brighton s-au stins reciproc intr-o lupta crunta, in timp ce forta de politie locala s-a bucurat opreste-te pe drum pentru o inghetata, inspectorul Steine se bucura mai degraba de viata de politist.