The Matter of the Evanescing Habendum Captain Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was in the process of explaining the importance of a paper trail in the prosecution of a crime when Harriet, the office manager and common sense Il Duce, interrupted the tête-à-tête with Billy-Bob George…

The Matter of the Vagrant Tattoo Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was having a wonderful afternoon. The Sandersonville Commissioner of Homeland Security was hobnobbing with the money people out of Washington D. C. and his wife was ensconced in a weekend art retreat to capture…

The Matter of the Rain of Snakes Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was up to his eyebrows in alligators. They were real alligators but, fortunately for the Chief of Detectives, the alligators — small — were in an aquarium, and he, the Chief of Detectives…

The Matter of the Evanescing Habendum Captain Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was in the process of explaining the importance of a paper trail in the prosecution of a crime when Harriet, the office manager and common sense Il Duce, interrupted the tête-à-tête with Billy-Bob George…

Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was having a wonderful afternoon. The Sandersonville Commissioner of Homeland Security was hobnobbing with the money people out of Washington D. C. and his wife was ensconced in a weekend art retreat to capture in plein air of whatever was…

The Matter of the Maple Syrup Deluge Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was savoring the frigid 55 degrees above zero that January day. He had just returned from a trip to Alaska visiting in-laws where it had been 55 degrees below zero. At noon. For the entire ten days he had been…

Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was not bad at presentations — when those presentations were for the young. Noonan knew he would not live forever and his twins, both in college now, had not given an iota of interest in being in law enforcement. Flouting…

Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was cursing carbohydrates in all their forms — and those were the forms he loved: pasta, bread, milk, beans, potatoes, cookies and beans — while he dined on his fiber-rich, low-carb, lunch of celery stalks and tuna fish from a…

Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was having a difficult time with his memory. It was not the result of his age because, that being said, he was ‘not old,’ and ‘senior moments’ were misnomers because everyone got them. Everyone has brain freezes as well. Brain…