The Elephant RoomIntroducing the Penny Detective 11 Bumbling private detective Morris Shannon meets an old journalist friend who convinces him to help out, as he tries to uncover an assassination plot. Morris is not your typical private investigator, and neither is his alcoholic partner, Shoddy. It is soon clear that the two friends are in above their heads and have taken on something more powerful than they can handle. As always the story is a real noir page-turner and this British 1980s retro adventure, keeps you guessing until the last page. The Penny Detective Series attempts to deliver an intense storyline and provide a few laughs along the way, as you step into the seedy world of the fictional town of Croxley.If you like British Detectives, you will warm to Morris and Shoddy.Warning: This book will not be a life changing experienceFans of intellectual literature should look away now, or try something more classical. All Penny Detective books contain no messages, big words, or complicated plots, but they will, hopefully, while away a couple of hours and entertain. If you are still not convinced; the terrific thing about Amazon is that you can read the first couple of chapters for free. Believe me; these books don't get any better or worse after that.John Tallon Jones is to literary intellectuals what John Milton (Paradise Lost) and Leo Tolstoy were, to having a 'good laugh.' This is disposable fiction at the sharp end, nothing more.What are people saying about the Penny Detective?'Take Hercule Poirot, Philip Marlowe, and Inspector Clouseau rolled into one, and you have the Penny Detective. This is a highly imaginative five-star read: ' Liverpool Echo