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23 mai 2013
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Title Page
THE ADVENTURE OF THE VATICAN CAMEOS
Lynda Teal’s Own Case
Dan Andriacco
Publisher Information
First edition published in 2013 by MX Publishing
335 Princess Park Manor, Royal Drive,
London, N11 3GX
www.mxpublishing.com
Digital edition converted and distributed in 2013 by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
© Copyright 2013 Dan Andriacco
The right of Dan Andriacco to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998.
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All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and not of MX Publishing.
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Dedication
Once again, this one is
For Ann
Introduction
Lynda Teal’s Own Case
The story you are about to read is different from any other in the Sebastian McCabe-Jeff Cody saga. The subtitle, reminiscent of the classic mystery novels Trent’s Own Case and Inspector Queen’s Own Case , tells the tale: Lynda, not Jeff, narrates the story and she, not Mac, solves the mystery.
When I wrote the first Mac and Jeff book, No Police Like Holmes , the subtitle was Introducing Sebastian McCabe because I thought he was the hero. He’s the genius, the amateur sleuth, mystery writer, linguist, magician, and bagpipe player - the ultimate Renaissance man. Thomas Jefferson Cody, by contrast, is Everyman. Well, not exactly. He’s more like Every Neurotic Man.
But readers and reviewers loved the more comic character of Jeff Cody, either because of or in spite of his health obsession, his stinginess, and his sarcastic side comments to the reader. Or maybe they just loved the fact that he loved Lynda Teal.
So from Holmes Sweet Holmes onward, each adventure until this one has been called A Sebastian McCabe-Jeff Cody Mystery . Maybe someday Jeff actually will get to solve the mystery, as some readers have urged, but this time it’s Lynda’s turn.
Followers of the series know that when we first meet Jeff, his jealousy and bossiness have cost him his relationship with his true love, Lynda. By the end of No Police Like Holmes , they have reconnected in an ambiguous way. Jeff’s relationship status on Facebook is now “It’s Complicated.” They aren’t exactly dating, but at least they are talking. Over the next two books, between helping Mac solve mysteries, all ambiguity is removed. By the end of The 1895 Murder , Lynda Teal has become Mrs. Lynda Cody in private life.
“The Adventure of the Vatican Cameos” follows immediately after The 1895 Murder and before the next novel in the series, The Disappearance of Mr . James Phillimore . It could be considered somewhat in the tradition of Busman’s Honeymoon , the final Lord Peter Wimsey novel, which takes place right after his marriage to Harriet Vane. But the title recalls one of the famous “untold tales” of Sherlock Holmes, a case that Dr. Watson referred to as one of Holmes’s great successes without ever telling us the story.
