Historical Case Explorer Pillows

"I don't think your historic child abuse case will stand up in court. The doctor claims that he had to slap you when you were born."

"Is this the best investment strategy you could come up with?"

Characters jumping out of a book.

"How was I supposed to know that the apple was a controlled substance?"

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

"There is a 5 month slow down. You are still on the fastest route. You will arrive next year."

Scarpia's Palace

Gone Fishing

"My next witness is his Google Assistant."

Getting the bus back into town from the Bologna Children's Book Fair...

Peace in shackles.

Well, you're busted! Forensics just came back: the bite-marks match your dental records!

Rudyard Kipling

Robot Attack in Bath

Grimm's Fairytales - The Golden Bird

'Medical science is this close to finding a cure for the common evil vapors.'

Title page from 'The Scouring of the White Horse'.

'So far we don't have any suspects.'

"Have you noticed how climate change looks and feels the same as colonialism?"

'All this 'history' stuff you teach about - is it based on actual events?'

Supreme Court Crunch

The Giant Guardsman Chapters IX and x.

Don Giovanni

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

'Here, you have it. I don't think I'll be using it again.'

'Apparently he discovered accountancy.'

"You must stop digging up the past."

Cycles of evolution and destruction

"Occupiers have often forced people who are polar opposites to live in one artificial 'country'."

'He's giving us a final request? Ask for a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau - that'll give us till November.'

'Don't you have any maps of undiscovered secrets of ancient temples?'

The author will be signing books for fifteen minutes.