Sam Chuvelle models himself on the private detective portrayed on screen by Humphrey Bogart, solving crime whilst being seduced by classy dames. Switch San Francisco for a grubby, polluted mill town in West Yorkshire and the dames for burly armed women in curlers and you’re getting close to what it’s really like in Heckley.
Other books in this series
1. The Ghost Ship
2. The Maltese Budgie
3. Olga
4. The Commodore
5. The Grimstone Mystery
6. Two Minutes to Midnight
7. Lady Sings the Blues
8. Family Jewels
9. Blackmail
10. Bagpipes in the Night
11. Jason
12. A Heckley Christmas Carol
13. Heckley Spring Fair
14. The Martingdale’s Affair
15. The Train of Terror
16. Tsu Lin’s Revenge
17. The Mummy’s Curse
18. Bonfire Night
19. The Bankside Affair
20. Heckley United
21. The Art of Murder
22. Frankie
23. Aunt Edith
24. Heckley Observer
2. The Maltese Budgie
3. Olga
4. The Commodore
5. The Grimstone Mystery
6. Two Minutes to Midnight
7. Lady Sings the Blues
8. Family Jewels
9. Blackmail
10. Bagpipes in the Night
11. Jason
12. A Heckley Christmas Carol
13. Heckley Spring Fair
14. The Martingdale’s Affair
15. The Train of Terror
16. Tsu Lin’s Revenge
17. The Mummy’s Curse
18. Bonfire Night
19. The Bankside Affair
20. Heckley United
21. The Art of Murder
22. Frankie
23. Aunt Edith
24. Heckley Observer
More scary than a gas bill
Dashiell Hammett is still spinning
Like an emotional rollercoaster. May cause nausea
Casa Blanca but without the charm brought by the Nazis
Gothic mansion horror murder mystery
Tense thriller will have you on the edge of your patience
Like the publisher
The sort Liz Taylor would wake up for
Breath-taking. Similar to drowning
A spooky Haunted Castle is not what it seems
Jason Statham with a Yorkshire accent
A pantomime with Hannibal Lector as Widow Twanky
A more credible version of Midsummer Murders
A bank, a cash box and a sawn-off shot gun
May be cancelled due to industrial action
Not for the faint hearted, or those with discernment
Who will survive, and will you care?
But who’s the Guy with the gunpowder?
All the charm of the Bates’ Motel
Probably the greatest football team in all Heckley
More of a water colour
The gamut of human emotion from A to A and a bit
A murderer finds justice
Newspaper front pages concerning the stories (PDF)
Dashiell Hammett is still spinning
Like an emotional rollercoaster. May cause nausea
Casa Blanca but without the charm brought by the Nazis
Gothic mansion horror murder mystery
Tense thriller will have you on the edge of your patience
Like the publisher
The sort Liz Taylor would wake up for
Breath-taking. Similar to drowning
A spooky Haunted Castle is not what it seems
Jason Statham with a Yorkshire accent
A pantomime with Hannibal Lector as Widow Twanky
A more credible version of Midsummer Murders
A bank, a cash box and a sawn-off shot gun
May be cancelled due to industrial action
Not for the faint hearted, or those with discernment
Who will survive, and will you care?
But who’s the Guy with the gunpowder?
All the charm of the Bates’ Motel
Probably the greatest football team in all Heckley
More of a water colour
The gamut of human emotion from A to A and a bit
A murderer finds justice
Newspaper front pages concerning the stories (PDF)