Project Gutenberg 2010-05-28 Public domain in the USA. 167 Sholto, Ralph "And That's How It Was, Officer" Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "And That's How It Was, Officer" by Ralph Sholto is a comedic crime fiction novel set in the mid-20th century. The story unfolds through a letter from Homer Nicholas, who is addressing the perplexed Chief of Police, David Nixon, about a series of bizarre events involving gangsters disappearing in Morton City after his wedding reception. The narrative delves into themes of family relations, social status, and unique scientific experiments, with humor intertwined throughout the plot. The plot centers around Homer and his bride, Joy, who unwittingly find themselves embroiled in a dangerous situation involving Homer's eccentric Uncle Peter, a scientist with a penchant for unorthodox experiments. After the wedding, gangsters crash the reception, leading to a chaotic series of events fueled by Uncle Peter's mysterious serum that disintegrates people in a dramatic fashion. As Homer and Joy chase down various leads to understand what is happening, they navigate a world of colorful characters, from Bag Ears Mulligan, Homer's loyal but slightly confused friend, to criminal masterminds like Hands McCaffery. The narrative culminates in a hilarious yet suspenseful revelation about Uncle Peter's true intentions and the bizarre scientific method behind the chaos, ultimately blending elements of humor, crime, and familial loyalty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Epistolary fiction Scientists -- Fiction Inventors -- Fiction Gangsters -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 93989 93998 2024-09-14T03:43:51.125934 2023-09-14T08:43:46.991781 text/html text/html 91096 2021-01-06T15:42:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 144844 2021-01-06T15:42:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 203670 2024-09-14T03:43:54.943982 application/epub+zip 202916 2024-09-14T03:43:52.440900 application/epub+zip 93605 2024-09-14T03:43:51.621962 application/epub+zip 308795 2024-09-14T03:43:56.826941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299202 2024-09-14T03:43:54.386929 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191047 2022-09-15T05:15:57.122599 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 84957 84856 2024-09-14T03:43:50.822918 2023-09-14T08:43:46.639789 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 84742 2021-01-06T15:42:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33726 2021-01-06T15:42:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19068 2024-09-14T03:43:56.957873 application/rdf+xml 14008 2024-09-14T03:43:51.965944 image/jpeg 3478 2024-09-14T03:43:51.793923 image/jpeg 204283 2024-09-14T03:43:51.140952 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog