The recoil of a mighty punt gun reveals a muddy corpse, a heaven sent (literally and metaphorically) opportunity for Detective Inspector Clout to fit the crime to a local mafia boss.

 This is a daveshortstory time to intrigue and entertain the commuter between stations. Timed with precision to ease the pain of your commute "The Case of the Punt Gunner's Bollards" is a short story set in the wild sea coast of eastern England.

Prepare to be spell-bound. Your journey will evaporate as the tide comes in.

The punt gunner focuses on a flock of ducks. He fires his mighty cannon. The ducks and undergraduates in distant Cambridge panic - could this be World War lll?

But what has the recoil exposed? What has the gunner used to anchor his punt? What will his canny wife advise and how will Detective Inspector Clout exploit the situation?

Questions questions - the answers are to be found in this daveshortstory.