The story so far: Fetlock Graves, gentleman detective from a bygone era, is hearing how a young lady in distress came to be embroiled in a murder hunt.
‘Pray continue,’ Fetlock Graves invited his unexpected guest.
‘Well, this Jamie’s been coming a few weeks, sometimes twice a day, and I’ve been doing the flirty thing – like [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The Case of the Brogue Trader, Episode 5
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fetlock Graves, gentleman's venue, pole dancing, posh spice, stripper, table dancing on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Case of the Brogue Trader, Episode 4
Posted in Brogue Trader, tagged credit crunch, Fetlock Graves, pole dancing, shag, Shoreditch on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The story so far: Awake from his hundred year sleep, Fetlock Graves is attempting to come to the assistance of a young lady in distress.
Fetlock Graves knocked his pipe out in the coal scuttle before filling it once more with his once favourite tobacco which for over a hundred years had hung in a silk [...]
Illustration for Episode 3
Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘Pole dancing?’ Graves spluttered, eyes agog.
The Case of the Brogue Trader, Episode 3.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The story so far: Fetlock Graves, gentleman detective, has awoken after a hundred years, and having rescued a young woman from pursuit, he is attempting to assist in resolving her quandary.
Exasperated, Fetlock Graves began to pace the threadbare Persian hearth rug, whilst his hands occupied themselves in filling his favourite pipe with shag tobacco.
‘I [...]
The Case of the Brogue Trader, Episode 2.
Posted in Brogue Trader, detective story, tagged detective, disguise, Edwardian, Eton collar, Fetlock Graves, gentleman, Moldovan Dark, Norfolk, tobacco on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The story so far: After a century’s sleep, Fetlock Graves has been acquainted with his centenarian housekeeper, Spittle, and taken his first glimpse of the modern world.
‘Singular! Most singular!’ Graves muttered to himself. Then a sudden disturbance in the street below caught his attention: a young man running pell-mell between buses, taxis and vans.
‘Aha [...]
The Case of the Brogue Trader, Episode 1.
Posted in Brogue Trader, detective story, tagged Fetlock Graves, kedgeree, manservant, Sherlock Holmes, Spittle on November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When Fetlock Graves, gentleman detective, awoke that morning, nothing seemed amiss. Bright sunlight streamed through the gap in his bedroom’s heavy, velvet curtains, and from the street outside came the usual din.
Graves’ head felt thick, as if he had over-indulged on opiates the night before, but he could recollect nothing of such excesses. [...]
