{"id":24240,"date":"2025-02-08T09:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T14:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24240"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:42:21","slug":"slippery-creatures-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24240","title":{"rendered":"Slippery Creatures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slippery Creatures<\/em><\/a> (2020) KJ Charles<\/a> (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)<\/p>\n

\"Slippery<\/a>Set in London in 1923<\/p>\n

\u201cMy grateful nation wasn\u2019t grateful enough to give me a job. I pawned my medals to keep a roof over my head and food in my belly, and I\u2019ll tell you what, the Military Cross doesn\u2019t fetch a great deal, no matter how many bars you have on it. The pawnbroker told me I should have tried for a Victoria Cross. That would be worth something, he said.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIf this is a scientific weapon, the War Office can go to hell.\u201d <\/p>\n

Kim twisted to look at him. \u201cAre you serious?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWere you ever gassed?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t at the Front.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI was at Wipers in April \u201915, when Jerry brought out the chlorine gas.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: William Darling, Arthur Aloysius Kimberley de Brabazon Secretan, Mr. Price, Captain Charles Ingoldsby, Professor Edward Draven, Maisie Jones, Elizabeth Ponsonby , Bubby Fanshawe, Norris, Alfie Greenaway, Phoebe Stephens-Prince, Chingford, Superintendent Waddleston, Nanny Mungo, Martin McLean<\/p>\n

Cover by Tiferet Design<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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