Fictional Derivations

Sebastian Arcady and Phineas Zene (Crime & Violins) review Patry Francis’ The Liar’s Diary.
Arcady: Welcome, Internet, to Spontaneous Derivation’s review of a truly sublime and richly woven novel, The Liar’s Diary.
I’m Sebastian Arcady, violinist, composer, and criminal investigator; and this is Phineas Zene, cellist, devoted friend, and assistant.
Zene: … And hello out there.

Photography: porkfork6

“I didn’t fucking kill him.”
“No one said that you did, Mr. Zene,” said Chief Inspector Malady Kincaide. “We just find your situation a little suspicious.”
Zene sighed. He never should have accepted the money. They’d found Arcady’s advance on him, and the check was now a hostage in a little plastic bag in someone’s [...]

Merry Christmas!
This will be Spontaneous Derivation’s second podcast, consisting of only a reading of Arcady and Zene: A Decent Christmas. I still haven’t gotten that better microphone yet; sorry about that.
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Born on this day, 1854.
I do wish I could visit the Sherlock Holmes Museum today:

From a Penguin edition of A Study in Scarlet, a folded slip of paper falls out. It merely wants to pass itself off as a typewritten letter. 08:28 PM January [...]

Photography: Jaako

“How did you find me?” asked Arcady, not turning around. He was gazing over misty Lake Washington, elbows resting on the stonework balcony railing.
Zene leaned on the railing next to him. “One, you wouldn’t go anywhere near your father, so I took the stairs on the opposite side of the room. [...]