And, if you're wondering, I was inspired to compile that list by reading
, by Peter James, which features all of them, some repeatedly (#5). It also turns out that the murderer is
one of identical triplets, something which I thought had been outlawed by the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights.
It also features some sex scenes that could be used as a dictionary definition of "phoning it in". The two most boring words in the English language are "silk" and "negligée".
I also read a couple of pages of
, by Malachy McCourt, before giving up. Why is it that so many professional Irishmen end up sounding like some chap from the Home Counties who has found himself having to immitate an Irishman at short notice, sez I? Jaysus and begorrah.