Pins and Needles is one of a number of short stories in the Doctor Goodier and Harry Mysteries compilation.

A vintage Humber car is found rammed into an old Oak tree on a quiet country lane. It's a bright Summer's day and there's little to no traffic on the road. The seat-belt might have saved the driver's life if only he'd bothered to put it on. But was the crash the cause of his death, or might it have been suicide, perhaps? Or might he have been dead already, the result of a heart condition the retired Councillor had lived with for over nine years, a Councillor with a passion for vintage cars, professional ballroom dancing and other men's wives.

What begins as a routine investigation takes the Doctor and his police sergeant friend, Harry, on a journey neither one anticipates, a journey that hints at a past Doctor Goodier would rather forget.