Detective Story

The Greatest Lie Ever Told – chapter 10

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told by Morton Cubberd Chapter 10 “Liz? What’s going on?” The effects of the tranquiliser dart were wearing off, and Paddy Rogue opened his eyes to see the bloodbath in the parlour of Bramblebay Castle. “Are you okay, Rogue?” Liz asked. “What’s going on?” he slurred. “You were shot with a [...]

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told – chapter 9

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told by Morton Cubberd Chapter 9 Thick red fluid ran along the cracks in the ancient oak floorboards forming deep puddles, deep enough to see your reflection before the puddles dried. Shards of bone, sinew, flesh and bullet holes peppered the walls, spitting specks of deep crimson over centuries of priceless [...]

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told – chapter 8

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  The Greatest Lie Ever Told by Morton Cubberd Chapter 8 Huggins the butler returned to the parlour with a dust pan and brush to clean up the shattered glass from Sir Wilkins Bramblebay’s monocle. Bramblebay was sat on an antique Louis XV bergeres chair, worth tens of thousands of pounds, and straightening out his [...]

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told – chapter 7

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told by Morton Cubberd Chapter 7 Tiny Lizzie McAubrey was running back from the shops. It was a Saturday morning and her mother had allowed her to spend her meagre three pence of pocket money in Skanky Stan’s sweet shop at the end of the road. By the time she got [...]

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told – the story so far

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Confused as to what’s happened in the previous six chapters? Baffled by the most convoluted nonsensical plot ever dreamed up? Just landed here by mistake and got absolutely no idea what this is all about? Well here’s a synopsis of the story so far. Don’t worry, this whole ridiculous thing should hopefully be wrapped up [...]

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told – chapter 6

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told by Morton Cubberd Chapter 6 Something really wasn’t right at all. Detective Inspector Paddy Rogue was more than accustomed to waking up feeling nauseous and with a thumping headache, but this was altogether more serious. The pulse in his temples was banging harder than David Lombardo from Slayer beating the [...]

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told – chapter 5

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told by Morton Cubberd Chapter 5 Maurice Wagon, Kilmister-on-Belford – DECEASED Jock MacDogkennel, Asstermowth – DECEASED Monty Quim, North Yorkshire – DECEASED Lillian Adverse-Camber, Scurby – DECEASED Richard Tube, Lemmyster – DECEASED Roland Keyboard, Maidenrule-on-Thames – DECEASED Cassy O’watch, Argos – DECEASED Detectives Paddy Rogue and Timmy Keen sat in the [...]

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told – chapter 4

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told by Morton Cubberd Chapter 4 “Please state your names and the purpose of your visit,” the voice said through the intercom. Two closed-circuit surveillance cameras swiveled into position to look down at the two detectives standing at the gated entrance to Bramblebay Castle. “Detectives Paddy Rogue and Timmy Keen,” Rogue [...]

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told – chapter 3

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told by Morton Cubberd Chapter 3 By midday it was already pitch black night on the outskirts of Reykjavik at the Skurglast Zoological Gardens, where Dr.Heijning Mork Karlsson was stirring a large bucket filled with mashed pilchards, lambs’ livers and boiled oats. For extra nutrition he added a dozen chopped apples [...]

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told – chapter 2

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told by Morton Cubberd Chapter 2 The profoundly gifted, extraordinarily talented rookie detective Liz McAubrey stood at the front door of 37 Portobello Terrace, a five minute walk from Asstermowth town centre on the notorious Deaddog Estate. She had managed to get a spare set of keys from a neighbour, but [...]

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told – chapter 1

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The Greatest Lie Ever Told by Morton Cubberd   Chapter 1 “Sorry sir, I’m afraid you can’t drive up to the house,” the police officer said to the driver of a battered old Ford Capri. Detective Inspector Paddy Rogue, hungover and unshaven, grunted an unintelligible obscenity to the officer. He parked his Capri, stepped out [...]

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