The Italian Detective stepped off his train at Bath Spa station

It was his first visit to the City of the Caesars and he was impressed

By the sheer beauty of the buildings as the train approached the city

He needed a coffee he badly needed a coffee and hoped to find

Cafe Coffee where he was due to meet his English friend Inspector Morse

Who was already investigating the murder of Gina Gin the famous author

Of The Italian Detective a series of novels whose popularity was equal to that of Morse

Some say that she was murdered because she was so very beautiful

But the Italian Detective knew that there was more to the crime

And that if it was not solved and her future manuscripts found

That in time he would cease to exist which frightened him

He planned to once he had solved the murder of Gina Gin

To give the lost manuscripts to his wife Luisa who would ghost write

These unpublished detective stories and then without fuss continue

Under the late authors name to write the Italian Detective crime novels

If he failed then he knew that he would fade and become a ghost like Sam Spade

 

To be continued