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  1. If anyone is interested in cosy mysteries, there's a one day free deal here. https://cozymysterybookclub.com/bookblast/
  2. for delivery?' 'Well I don't know about that...' 'I've been tossing up whether it's really worth the bother of putting up with your pesky boys around the place,' I added. 'Very well, then,' he sighed. 'You do know the esteemed Major Flowers is being held in police custody, don't you? He's asking for bail, but as you know, my limited funds won't allow for it at this stage. Perhaps you ...?' 'Best to let the law take it's course, I feel. And not a word to Rosie, she thinks he's away on holiday in Liechtenstein and the idea of him being incarcerated would ...
  3. asked Rosie if there were any of my favourite jammie dodgers left. 'I can't be thinking of jammie dodgers at a time like this! Whatever's wrong with you, Johnny?? Daddy's obviously suffering from some sort of temporary mental lapse and he needs us!' 'That's all very well, but we've no idea where he is (I knew exactly where he was but had no intention of sharing that little piece of info) and ...
  4. are you talking about! You're not making any sense and your words are all garbled. Have you been drinking or something? Oh no! You haven't been ...' 'Here give me the phone,' I said. 'Now Major, let me speak to the Fuzz.' 'Who's fuzzy? Are you calling me fuzzy, you impertinent whippersnapper? I'll have you know ...' I hung up on him. 'Oh dear, we seem to have been cut off. Never mind ... he'll ring back.' 'But where is he?' wailed Rosie.
  5. 'Come up and see me sometime.' This being a family forum, we'll draw a polite veil over what occurred between Cruella and Major F. But suffice it to say that the police did become involved, not at the request of the Major but rather in the form of a raid on an unlicensed premises. He was caught in a most compromising position and found himself once again sporting a pair of sturdy handcuffs. Being allowed to make one phone call, he rang ...
  6. seriously substantial pair of bolt cutters, equipped to despatch the largest of locks. 'Gazooks, man, watch where you're waving that great big thing around!' 'Now don't yous fret, Padre, me'll 'ave you out o' tha int jiffy.' He tapped the side of his nose and with a loud chuckle added, 'Tha soul o' discretion, tha's me, you boys and yon bedroom games.' The Vicar bridled and retorted indignantly...
  7. ...very out of shape he is. I gave up waiting for him to find the handcuff keys he'd dropped somewhere along the way. So I thought I'd find me boys, they're expert in the art of lock-picking, bless 'em. Now you just come with me and I'll introduce you to an old friend of mine, Maud Heliotrope, she runs a retreat for ...
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