In the land of broken emeralds the barber stands alone. To duel with an invisible sword is to invite a friend to dine. The only thing worse than killing a horse is finding a marble. Next to soda crackers the most comforting things in the whole wide world are successful lawsuits.
A friendly drunk shows up dead, and the party’s just beginning. The mean streets of Pasadena spew venom on private eye Prel Turpin as he unravels a classy dame and pays for it with a ceremonial bludgeoning. Could this turn out to be the toughest test yet for the shy shamus with minimal bladder control? […]
Curtain up Scene Interior of a bedroom. The walls teem with a variety of crustaceans. The floor is a havoc of carpenter’s tools, hods, calculus notebooks, tubes of sun screen, limes, etc. The single piece of furniture in the room is an army cot heaped high with sandwiches. A lone light bulb hangs from the […]
Chapter One Hurrying to foil the plans of the villain, Mabel leaps from the trestle to avoid the onrushing train. Chapter Two Mabel lands on the back of a friendly pterodactyl and is flown to safety. Later, she runs pell mell down the hill pursued by a herd of rhinos. Chapter Three Mabel falls through […]
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5 of 5 stars to The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton goodreads.com/review/show/55…
