Everyone has heard of Murphy and his 'Law' - Lionel reckons he's lived with him all his life!
One person who reckons his had more than his fair share of Murphy-induced mishaps is Australian freelance writer, Lionel Mussell, who has penned this amusing account of his life with Murphy as a means of getting his own back on the nefarious Irishman.
With Murphy constantly by his side, Lionel leads a full and colourful life and in this hilarious new book exposed the role Murphy plays in turning it into a saga of adventure - and mis-adventure - that will keep you smiling from cover to cover.
Excerpt
One of the first appearances of Murphy in my life was one dark Sunday night on a lonely road skirting the river Avon in Hampshire, England. I was about twelve at the time and I’d walked from our home in Fordingbridge to the little village of Bickton with mate Ken.
It was about three miles each way and when we got to Ken’s home at Bickton, he said, “Take my bike to go back – I won’t need it.”
It was a new bike and had lights run from a dynamo driven by the back wheel. Making great speed along the deserted road I suddenly saw in the beam of light a galloping horse! We lived on the edge of the New Forest and New Forest ponies were often wandering the area.
I locked the brakes and this immediately plunged me into darkness as the dynamo was no longer turning. What I hadn’t noticed was a second, dark, pony galloping alongside the first and I hit it fair and square – sending me over the handlebars to land on my side on a bunch of very hard keys in my pocket that left a bruise for days.
Unfortunately it didn’t do Ken’s lovely new bike any good either so I was up for repairs to it as well as nursing a very sore leg.
Deputy Dave Jenkins sets out to find the murderer of the local high school principal, aided by a voice from the grave that is sometimes helpful and sometimes misleading.
"Murder isn't usually this funny."
Amazon reviewer
The Wholly Book of Genesis is a humorous satire on the first book of the Old Testament where the Story of Creation, the building of Noah's Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah and the families of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are thoroughly spoofed and broadsided.
