Gerry Truscott & Mickey Spillane

PC Gerry Truscott, now part of Temple's CID team and acting up as Sergeant, realised his fantasies and dreams of becoming a detective had come true. As soon as the briefing with Temple was over and he was off duty, he rushed home. He still lived in his parents' house, though he regarded himself as being quite independent. The fact that his mother still washed and ironed his clothes and prepared his breakfast and supper did not count as forms of dependence to his way of thinking.

His mother smiled when he told her what had happened. If he was pleased, then she was happy. Truscott's father worked in the local library and it was due to him that Truscott managed to get hold of a second hand copy of Mickey Spillane's 'I, the Jury'. His father had also acquired 'My Gun is Quick'. He had also just the previous week got a tattered copy of 'Vengeance is Mine' for his son who was waiting to read it with anticipation.




His mother had a large tureen of soup ready for their evening meal. She had saved up the ration book coupons and bought a chicken. They'd eaten it roasted, stewed and cold and now its carcass was the foundation of the somewhat insipid looking soup.

Still day-dreaming about his future, Truscott ate his meal quickly then rushed to his room to do two things. Firstly, to begin a detailed account of his new case and secondly, to read about Mike Hammer's way of detecting.