Just time for a brief update before I jet off on holiday once again. I can scarcely believe that it is almost August - it has been such a busy year what with laying tracks for the Album, the publicity drive for my book and of course the usual round of Summer Fetes and Flower Shows one is called upon to attend.
Last week I was in Nempnett Thrubwell opening a new Supermarket. It was most fortunate I was there, as the Mayor was unexpectedly taken ill during the cutting of the ribbon. I immediately noticed an odour of bitter almonds on his breath - a clear sign of poisoning by Potassium Cyanide.
Instructing everyone to remain calm, I swung into action and began an investigation. Clearly something had been slipped into the Mayor's pre-unveiling Bloody Mary and it was down to me to deduce the identity of the slipper.
As with all these things, it quickly became apparent that the Mayor had recently passed approval on a Planning Application that would have meant a further Super Market being built just a few hundred yards down the road. The owner of the local convenience shop, a Mrs Virginia Throbbing was my number one suspect - but did I manage to uncover the truth behind the poisoned cocktail? Read of my exploits in my new short story "Miss Mapletree and the Smell of Fear", to published soon in Bella (includes free gift - Miss Mapletree's Griptite Denture Adhesive').
