![]() ![]() Now, it seems, someone is using that list as a template Agent Mulvey thinks Malcolm's specialist knowledge of the mysteries will help her solve the murders. 'My Eight Favourite Murders', posted in 2004, was Malcolm's inaugural piece on the Old Devils site. Malcolm doesn't know what to say - he doesn't know anything about the crimes, has barely even heard of the victims - but he certainly isn't expecting Agent Mulvey to bring up a blog post he wrote years ago. ![]() Agent Gwen Mulvey is investigating a series of unsolved murders that appear to have one thing in common: each of the deaths bears an eerie similarity to the crimes depicted in several famous classic mystery novels. Malcolm Kershaw, its owner, lives a quiet life, so he's surprised when an FBI Agent shows up one gloomy winter morning and asks him if he can answer some questions. Summary Specialising in mystery books, Old Devils is a Boston institution a place where tourists come to snap photos with the shop's Instagrammable cat and browse first editions of Patricia Highsmith novels. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Tennyson himself visited Cornwall in 1860 to retrace King Arthur’s footsteps, shortly after he published Idylls of the King, a collection of 12 narrative poems which retell the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him, and the rise and fall of Arthur’s kingdom. The Arthurian legends and their tales of chivalry, courtly love and enchantments held particular fascination for the Victorians. In this study Camelot can be seen clearly in the background, behind the river, but it is not so apparent in the final piece. This preparatory oil sketch is the study for the finished painting that is now in Leeds Art Gallery, and shows the artist working through a process of storytelling. ![]() ![]() Waterhouse catches the fluid moment of Tennyson’s poem when Elaine spins to look out of the window for Lancelot, catching herself in the wool from her tapestry, falling towards the window, clutching her scissors almost like a knight’s sword. 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