The Crooked House

Located in the Crooked House in Canterbury, the Old King’s School Shop was known to have the most complete hand written collection of Agatha Christie’s Novels. Inspector Looso, after failing badly the last investigations decided to purchase and read the entire Hercule Poirot series hopping he would acquire some investigation knowledge. Goofy as he is, whilst a man whose brain held about as much deduction power as a soggy teabag, he took a train ticket from London to Cadbury in Exeter, UK instead of Canterbury, Kent, UK and ended up facing milk chocolate instead of detective novels. Next stop: Diabetesville. Looso, with the self-control of a toddler in a candy store, devoured enough Dairy Milk to feed a small Swiss village. Finally, after a stomach-churning train ride to Canterbury and recovering from his chocolate coma (and a minor bout of caramel-induced nausea), Looso reached the "Crooked House" – only to discover, with the impeccable timing of a clown car pileup, that the library was closed. Tough luck indeed. He went back to France on the train through The Chunnel reading “Murder on the Orient Express” that he bought at the St Pancras International Train Station in London for few pounds. One can only hope Poirot's mustache twitched in amusement from beyond the grave, knowing his wisdom was going to a mind that thought Cadbury was a literary destination. But hey, at least Inspector Looso learned a valuable lesson: sometimes, the only mystery you can solve is the location of the nearest restroom after a chocolate binge.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Syrel, Canterbury 2011

Musical Notes: This is an attempt to reproduce the comedy style of a Broadway comedy musical. Maybe a bit like “Cabaret” by John Harold Kander. What do you think?