Crime Rhymes II

Vice Verses

by Dixie J. Whitted

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Pub Date 1 Dec 2018 | Archive Date 5 May 2020

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Description

Filled with over 190 lethal limericks and punny poems along with some quirky cartoons, all with a mystery twist. Includes a special bonus feature: the short story "The Adventure of the Baffled Blacksmith," where Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes take on the Lizzie Borden case.

Samples of the sinister stanzas:

COLD CUSTOMERS

Embalmer Montmorency Rome

Is a cheerful, if wizened, old gnome.

But his wife, Cora Mae,

Has left him today:

He wouldn't stop bringing work home.

NET LOSS

An amorous athlete named Dennis

"Was explaining his sport to Miss Glennis.

'Love' means 'nothing'," he said,

So she shot him dead--

Then realized he meant "in tennis."

Filled with over 190 lethal limericks and punny poems along with some quirky cartoons, all with a mystery twist. Includes a special bonus feature: the short story "The Adventure of the Baffled...