The Accidental Detective

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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On ending the sentence, his face dropped. “Oh,” he exhaled, “that's it. I've just had one of those TV detective moments.”

“What d'you mean?”

“You know. When some tiny and unrelated fact, like a car door slamming or an answerphone machine flicking on, makes the whole case drop into place. It happens to Jonathan Creek and Adrian Monk all the time...”

The Accidental Detective

The Accidental Detective

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