He Ought to be Shot

Joan Fleming

Sep 2012 · Hachette UK

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'Well, that's a nasty thing to have on your breakfast-tray, I'm sure,' Mrs Cloud said. 'What do you want with that?'

'My husband gave it to me long ago. He taught me to use it; I've just been trying my hand. I'm a good shot still.'

'Well I never! Where have you been shooting may I ask?'

'Down at the bottom of the garden.'

'Fancy.' Mrs Cloud clicked her tongue in the same way that she clicked it when she was shocked by something she saw at the cinema. 'Well, I never. What next, I wonder.'

'So do I,' Margaret said grimly.

About the author

Joan Fleming was one of the most original and literate crime writers of her generation. Born in Lancashire and educated at Lausanne University she became the wife of a Harley Street eye surgeon and mother of four, and was already a successful children's author before she turned to crime. She is the author of over thirty novels and won the CWA Gold Dagger in 1962 for When I Grow Rich and again in 1970 for Young Man, I Think You're Dying. The Deeds of Dr Deadcert was made into the 1958 film Rx for Murder.