Matt Green

1957: When a young man is found dead in a deck chair on the seafront, Constable Twitten of the Brighton Police Force has a hunch that the murder may be connected to a notorious nightspot. As the case twists and turns, Constable Twitten must find the murderer and convince his colleagues that there's an evil mastermind behind Brighton's climbing crime rate.

The August bank holiday is approaching, and Constable Twitten is eagerly anticipating a quiet spell at work. But then they find the bodies - and the milk bottles. Three seemingly unconnected victims have all been killed with the same highly unusual murder weapon. Constable Twitten, Sergeant Brunswick and Inspector Steine are baffled, the town is alarmed and the local newspaper is delighted: after all, what sells papers better than a killer on the loose? Can our redoubtable trio solve the case and catch this most curious of killers before they strike again?

It's September in Brighton and the city is playing host to weeks of endless rain and lashings of villainy. A trusted member of a local gang has disappeared part way through planning a huge heist; a violent criminal obsessed with hunting policemen has escaped Broadmoor and at Gosling's department store an American researcher has been found dead in the music section. Inspector Steine has other things on his mind but Sergeant Brunswick and Constable 'Clever Clogs' Twitten are both on the case.

Brighton, 1957. Inspector Steine enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress. So it's rather annoying when an ambitious new constable shows up to work and starts investigating a series of burglaries. And when Constable Twitten is despatched to the theatre for the night, he sits next to a vicious theatre critic who is promptly shot dead part way through the opening night of a new play. It seems Brighton may be in need of a police force after all...