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nineveh_uk ([personal profile] nineveh_uk) wrote2008-06-12 04:36 pm

Eleven Things that Weren’t Written by Dorothy L. Sayers, VI

'Ware spoilers!

Five Red Herrings

Page 21.

Wimsey’s air of idleness had left him. He searched the ground around the easel and stool carefully, crawling over the heather, and wincing as fragments of gorse worked their way through his socks. He sat up, and stared at Dalziel.

‘We’re looking for a murderer, Sergeant. Somebody’s pocketed the flake white.’

[identity profile] nineveh-uk.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
I think (because at the time, I thought "Hey, this could be a crossover!") [livejournal.com profile] rivrea probably refers to the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill (and televised). But in fact the sergeant is called Dalziel by DLS.

[identity profile] fallingtowers.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
*facepalm*

I had completely forgotten about that detail and thought you were indeed aiming for a crossover with Reginald Hill's mystery novels.

*is dense*

[identity profile] nineveh-uk.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think the names of very minor characters in one of the less-read books are required for anyone not on Mastermind (I only know because I looked it up).