Extracts from "Killed at the Whim of a Hat" Colin Cotterill

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"a puddle of pink was leaking out through the gap at the bottom of the night.  The sun was rising...and our sky was rushing through the dark tones in an effort to find something suitable to wear for the new day."

"It took so long to get there, I could feel myself aging"
(our protagonist convinces her grand-dad that she doesn't need to sit side-saddle on the back of the motorcycle)

" I was grateful that the expense and lost weekends of my MA course hadn't been totally in vain,  If nothing else, my analysis of George W's [Bush] oratory style had taught me that a sincere countenance and a confident stance was sufficient to distract your audience from the fact that you were talking rubbish."

From Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill
A delightful detective story set in modern-day Thailand, with George Bushisms sprinkled through