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{{Image|Michael Gilbert Portrait - smaller.jpg|left|100px|Michael Gilbert on the back cover of [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], 1982}} | {{Image|Michael Gilbert Portrait - smaller.jpg|left|100px|Michael Gilbert on the back cover of [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], 1982}} | ||
'''Chief Superintendent Morrissey''' is a fictional policeman at [[New Scotland Yard]] who appears, or is at least mentioned in passing, in a number of short stories and one novel by the British mystery and thriller writer [[Michael Gilbert]]. In the 1972 [[The Body of a Girl]], he is the CID boss of No. 1 District, "a large, white-faced Cockney Jew" with a grin that "exposed two gold-capped teeth." | '''Chief Superintendent Morrissey''' is a fictional policeman at [[New Scotland Yard]] who appears, or is at least mentioned in passing, in a number of short stories and one novel by the British mystery and thriller writer [[Michael Gilbert]]. In the 1972 [[The Body of a Girl]], he is the CID boss of No. 1 District, "a large, white-faced Cockney Jew" with a grin that "exposed two gold-capped teeth." In the [[Inspector Mercer]] story "The Man in the Middle" he plays a minor role. Here he is described as "more than two hundred pounds of fighting policeman, still as formidable as when he had climbed into the ring to win the heavyweight championship of the Metropolitan Force."<ref>''[[The Man Who Hated Banks]]'', 1997, [[Crippen & Landru]], Norfolk, Virginia, page 136</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:54, 23 September 2016
Chief Superintendent Morrissey is a fictional policeman at New Scotland Yard who appears, or is at least mentioned in passing, in a number of short stories and one novel by the British mystery and thriller writer Michael Gilbert. In the 1972 The Body of a Girl, he is the CID boss of No. 1 District, "a large, white-faced Cockney Jew" with a grin that "exposed two gold-capped teeth." In the Inspector Mercer story "The Man in the Middle" he plays a minor role. Here he is described as "more than two hundred pounds of fighting policeman, still as formidable as when he had climbed into the ring to win the heavyweight championship of the Metropolitan Force."[1]
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- ↑ The Man Who Hated Banks, 1997, Crippen & Landru, Norfolk, Virginia, page 136