Peter Dickinson

The first 'joke' that Princess Louise actually witnessed took place in the Breakfast Room at Buckingham Palace on the last morning of the school summer holidays.Father gave one of his warning snorts and looked down at the typed list beside his place.'Two hundred and five,' he said. 'Cease automatic...

Her kiss burnt on his forehead. Keyed senses, distracted by the powdery odor of shampoo, didn't at once register that the fire was frozen."Ice cream for supper?" he murmured.Her green eyes blinked and widened. She made a face of mock alarm."Once a detective, always a detective?" she said.He replied...