The Lazy Detective

The Lazy Detective by George Dilnot

The Lazy Detective follows a laid-back investigator who is pressured to crack a high-profile robbery case, leading him to navigate a web of personal and professional challenges while uncovering deeper criminal connections. As he reluctantly engages with the investigation, he must confront his own complacency and the complexities of the criminal underworld.

By George Dilnot · First published 1929 · Genre: Mystery, Detective Fiction, Humor · 30 chapters · 84,001 words

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"And remember, Labar, you don't bluff me. " The Chief Constable, who had been through the game himself, tapped the string of figures that lay upon his desk with an aggressive forefinger. "You're lazy -- damned lazy. If things don't clear up in your division in the next month or so you can count on something happening. That's all. Think it over."

"Thank you, sir," said the other, with the smooth suavity of a man who had received a compliment, and swung on velvet toes from the room.

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mystery · detective · crime · suspense · humor · fiction · whodunit · investigation · sleuth · novel · British literature · 20th century

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