Z is for Zippers

 

 

They say the every novel should have sex scenes, and most of mine do. The exception to that rule lies in the Sanford 3rd Age Club Mysteries. The mystery is central to the theme, and I don’t see what graphic sex scenes would add to them. So, when it comes to the Sanford 3rd Age Club Mysteries, zippers remained firmly closed.

It’s the hallmark of the cosy crime, and if you go through the Agatha Christie novels it’s mentioned only in passing. This is the 21st century and there are stronger allusions to sex in modern whodunits. Lesley Cookman’s Libby Serjeant, for example, quite enjoys the odd romp with her boyfriend.

In the same, way, Brenda Jump, too, likes to put it about a bit, and George Robson, another STAC member, considers himself a ladies’ man. Some of the crimes have sexual overtones, particularly in A Murder for Christmas, where Jennifer Hardy is painted as an academic tart. Alec and Julia Staines are not slow to hit the sack when they’re on an outing, and even if Les Tanner and Sylvia Goodson like to pretend their relationship is above board, every man and his wife knows they’re at it after lights out.

But that is as far as it goes. There’s no bodice ripping, no lusty grunts and moans, no mixing of coital fluids. When it comes to sex, the members of the Sanford 3rd Age Club do it behind locked doors.

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The Filey Connection, first of the Sanford 3rd Age Club Mysteries, from Crooked {Cat} Books is available for the Kindle from Amazon UK and Amazon Worldwide and in all other formats from Smashwords