A lighthearted listen and complete silliness three-in-one short story in less than 10,000 words. (Think of it as an adult coloring-in exercise for the idle mind.)  

It started during one of those boring never-ending commuting journeys shared with my publishing agent and lifelong friend Jan. Jan suggested an easy-to-listen, on-the-go detective lose-hanging piece to kill start-stop commuting time. Maybe a bit of light-hearted investigator reading/listening fun that one could start and then put down with your train timetable and front door key just to be picked up again tomorrow morning. 

A who-done-it story, or stories, that I would begin in some detail and then allow to fizzle out, never to finish, with only a vague catch-all author’s synopsis. It sounded tempting; my publisher bought the idea and advanced 30,000 oounds. Not that I was in need of the money. Of course not.  

The only stipulation - it had to be less than 10,000 words. 

Story 1: A Pair of Two’s
The man with No Mission: a man more interested in playing poker that solving cases. 

Story 2: Blame the Rain
She was the one reminding her husband to tell Tom McBride of the telephone call on the night of the murder that only said “It was the rain”.

Story 3: ini mini mino mo
Catch a serial killer by his toe. Signed: Detective JC Sharp (alias Tom McBride) 19/01/2019.