Hardboiled
There’s a lot more to this caper than uncomfortable fantasy dresses made of lead crystal and complicated accessory decisions.
Jack Hardcastle in Hardboiled. Performed by the Texas Radio Theatre via The Sonic Society.
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Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison
In Nightmare Adventures: The Witch’s Prison, our heroine is checking out the books owned by the creepy groundskeeper.
He’s got “David Coperfield” by Edmund Wells. That might be good.
Ah, it made me smile… a reference to Monty Python’s bookshop sketch.
Spook Squad
Sally’s agent, Bill, attempts to solace her.
It’s television, Sally. People leave jobs all the time. Others, like you, are asked to leave under sinister circumstances with the threat of criminal charges hanging over them. Don’t think of it as an end so much as a full stop.
Spook Squad written by Jim Spiers and performed by the Wireless Theatre Company.
Russell Cawthorne confides to Detective Inspector Burden in Wolf to the Slaughter by Ruth Rendell.
‘Are you married?’
‘Yes. I am.’
‘Horrible business, isn’t it? ‘
He paused and gazed lugubriously at a pump attendant giving free stamps with change. ‘Growing old together…. Horrible!’
Image from the audiobook read by the immensely talented Robin Bailey. Oh, his rendition of Rupert Margolis… fabulous and funny!
On top of the pile was an unpublished collection called Seals, Crests, and Coats of Arms of Some British Organizations, Being an Attempt to Classify Their Genealogies and Histories. It was by somebody named H. Probisher Protherham whom Lenox thanked his lucky stars he didn’t know. A man who could write a treatise on crests was a man capable of anything, was Lenox’s feeling. Give him open rein at a dinner party and there was no level of tediousness he might not achieve.
The September Society by Charles Finch
“Ah, but your death would have distressed the dear woman. I got my thanks,” he added, with a smile that certainly would have driven Emerson to violence. “When she kissed me. it was quite a touching scene, I believe.”
“She thought you were dying. We all thought so.”
“As you see, I was not obliging enough to finish the process.”
Sethos and Ramses enjoy a warm familial moment in Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters. The audio edition is read by the amazing Barbara Rosenblat.
Colour Scheme
I’m afraid you’re a scenic snob. To me, this is a mountain. When I fall over the edge of this precipice, I shall not be found with a sneer on my lips because the drop was merely five hundred feet instead of a thousand.
Geoffrey Gaunt in Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh. The audio version is narrated by Ric Jerrom, who is awesome!
I have known several villains who were perfect gentlemen.
Amelia Peabody in The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters
Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
Amelia Peabody in The Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
My mind was in a state of confusion such as I seldom permit in that organ…
I love this sentiment by Amelia Peabody from Crocodile On The Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters.
Crocodile on the Sandbank
“And what about me?” I asked.
Emerson was unable to ignore the opportunity.
“God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody,” he said bitterly. “We ought to supply it with a pistol, to even the odds.”
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters. There’s a terrific audiobook version read by Barbara Rosenblat
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Monk: Mr Monk’s Favorite Show
More hard-boiled tough talk from Jeff Regan, Investigator
Jeff Regan meets Louie Desmond, Five Aces Club Proprietor…
Desmond: Never saw you around here before, Regan.
Regan: Well, I can’t afford it.
Desmond: Oh, don’t say that. Some people go out of here with more than they come in with.
Regan: Yeah… you.
Regan’s conversation with Desmond isn’t panning out…
Regan: Y’know, you talk a lot, Mister, but you don’t say much!
After the conversation…
The alley behind the Five Aces Club hadn’t been dusted in a week. My brown flannel suit fixed that.
Regan decides to report to his boss, The Lyon, at 1am.
The Lyon: I told you not to bother me until after 10am!
Regan: It’s no bother.
The Lyon refuses to quit the case, since he’s already accepted payment.
Regan: You got that $50 spent?!
The Lyon: It’s not the money, it’s the moral obligation.
Regan: Oh, stop it, will ya?! You don’t give blood anymore, since you found out somebody’d pay for it!
The Lyon: You’re getting outta line!
Regan: You’re the only guy in town who can turn a shaving cut into a bankroll!!
Jeff Regan, Investigator: The Gambler & His Lady. Aired Dec 11 1948. Written by Larry Roman. Listen to it via The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. Read more about the program.
It was after midnight when I followed the fog out Vermont toward Gardena. The yellow lights were pressing, but they were doing about as much good as a pint of bourbon at a Shriners Convention.
Jeff Regan, Investigator: The Gambler & His Lady. Aired Dec 11 1948. Written by Larry Roman. Listen to it via The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. Read more about the program.
