It began with shortbread and tea
Photo by Heather Barnes on Unsplash A pot of Lady Grey freshly brewed. Thyme and hazelnut shortbread on plates. Bach playing on the gramophone. 11 suspects sat around the room. DI. Jones relished moments like these. It's what he lived for. Finally unveiling the killer. This was a recent very short story (VSS) that I wrote on Twitter, when the prompt was gramophone. The pot of tea was the image that came first. The bergamot scent that particular brew brings. Then the tasty shortbread, something for the reader to savour. And then finally the prompt. And if you are going to have a gramophone, then you need some music playing on it. Somehow classical struck me as the right choice. A fellow writer once said that I ' do cosy crime so well ' which is why the detective inspector chose to make an appearance. As for the murder that's been committed, only DI. Jones knows the answer to that one. So why am I sharing all this with you? All because of my ...