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Not in the Script
Not in the Script First Published 1951
A Doubleday Crime Club Selection
On the train from London to Steeple Tottering, reporter Hazel Fairweather scored an unexpected scoop when she shared a compartment with a film crew from Pegasus Pictures. It turned out that they were en route to her home town to shoot a film about the local legend of a saintly sheperdess.
The appearance of the movie makers had an electrifying effect on the small hill community. Farmer Wormwell's sheep were used as extras; he fussed over screen credits; his daughter Peggy became star struck.
Hazel developed an interest in the film's designer, Paul Heritage, to the detriment of her deadlines. She took him to the hideous teeteringToad Rock, where the young bucks of the neighborhood showed off their prowess by balancing on the edge of the cliff. It was here that the body of Lars Porsen, the film's director, was found.
A tube of lipstick, Caribbean orchard shade, indicated that Porsen's death was no accident. As suspicion narrowed to Paul and Hazel, she became the unwilling confidante of the eccentric Professor Mandrake in a desperate attempt to track down the killer.
Pure this story of a London Movie company on location in a small English village. Los Angeles News
This one is fun straight through. Boston Globe
Not in the Script is crammed with the lovely character studies, irony and wit which grace the best of Britishers. And this is one of the best. Albuquerque Tribune
Published in the U.K. (1951) and also in the U.S. (1982) as A Banner for Pegasus
A cleverly written story. It has satire, a great deal of humor, and plenty of wise observation. Western Times (U.K.)
This is a most ingenious and neatly contrived story. Oxford Mail
A Doubleday Crime Club Selection
On the train from London to Steeple Tottering, reporter Hazel Fairweather scored an unexpected scoop when she shared a compartment with a film crew from Pegasus Pictures. It turned out that they were en route to her home town to shoot a film about the local legend of a saintly sheperdess.
The appearance of the movie makers had an electrifying effect on the small hill community. Farmer Wormwell's sheep were used as extras; he fussed over screen credits; his daughter Peggy became star struck.
Hazel developed an interest in the film's designer, Paul Heritage, to the detriment of her deadlines. She took him to the hideous teeteringToad Rock, where the young bucks of the neighborhood showed off their prowess by balancing on the edge of the cliff. It was here that the body of Lars Porsen, the film's director, was found.
A tube of lipstick, Caribbean orchard shade, indicated that Porsen's death was no accident. As suspicion narrowed to Paul and Hazel, she became the unwilling confidante of the eccentric Professor Mandrake in a desperate attempt to track down the killer.
Pure this story of a London Movie company on location in a small English village. Los Angeles News
This one is fun straight through. Boston Globe
Not in the Script is crammed with the lovely character studies, irony and wit which grace the best of Britishers. And this is one of the best. Albuquerque Tribune
Published in the U.K. (1951) and also in the U.S. (1982) as A Banner for Pegasus
A cleverly written story. It has satire, a great deal of humor, and plenty of wise observation. Western Times (U.K.)
This is a most ingenious and neatly contrived story. Oxford Mail
183 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 10, 2016
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