@Matt85 I see. This was an actor in the U.S., probably not connected.

@bijouxbroussard R.I.P.

@Matt85 Wrong spelling :-) The pastilles are Rowntree's, currently part of the infamous Nestlé.

@Vetrov Right on!

@Sidewinder I read the novels years ago and don’t remember that. Ernest Tidyman was originally a newspaper reporter and he was white, but he occasionally wrote articles for black magazines and supposedly said he wanted to write about a black private eye. I could be mistaken, of course.

@Rutterman Indeed.

@Blondily Oh, yeah…😊

@Pitchblue I respected him as a pioneer but enjoyed some of his later roles more.

@MethDozer I thought that was [b]shut[/b] your mouth
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@bijouxbroussard whoopsie