And then the murders began….

He had never been among those many who deeply dislike church bells, but the ringing that evening at Holihaven changed his view. Bells could certainly get on one's nerves, he felt, although he had only just arrived in the town.
....and then, the murders began!

The thread came back on the active page two hours before Esspee posted.

I guess people will decide for themselves if funny posts about murder are appropriate today.

With all due respect Esspee nobody objected to this thread at the end of September when Sabina Nessa was murdered in Kidbrooke, or when teenager Hazrat Wali was stabbed to death in Twickenham just a couple of days ago.
What you have done is bring the thread back on to the Active page .
It is in no way disrespectful to David Amess or any of the many innocent victims of violence in this country or abroad.
I am sorry if it offends you.

Perhaps the OP could ask GNHQ to remove this thread for now because of the unfortunate murder of David Amess.

The past is another country. They do things different here …and then the murders began.

The first postcard came from Forfar.

I thought you might like a picture of Forfar, it began. You have always been so interested in Scotland, and that is one reason why I am interested in you. I have enjoyed all of your books, but do you really get to grips with people? I doubt it. Try to think of this as a handshake from your devoted admirer, W.S.

......And then, the murders began......

{W.S. by L. P. Hartley in the Book of Ghost Stories by Roald Dahl}

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed ... and then the murders began.

Joyce's Ulysses.

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect, and then the murders began...

It was seven minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. Its eyes were closed."....
and then the murders began

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times and then the murders began.

A tale of two cities.

It happened every year. Was almost a ritual and then the murders began

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The noise was the worst ... and then the murders began

(The Ashes of London)

'Malorie stands flat against the brick wall of a classroom. The door is locked. She is alone. She is blindfolded......
And then, the murders began......

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit and then the murders began.

It was a dark and stormy night
And then the murders began

On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below….and then the murders began.

Very good MayBeMaw !!

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there, and then the murders began

In the beginning was the word….and then the murders began!

Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”

and then the murders began

Once upon-a-time, in a land far, far away there was a beautiful princess...
And then the murders began!

Good Omens

"It was a nice day. All the days had been nice. There had been rather more than seven of them so far, and rain hadn't been invented yet".
And then the murders began...

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;

... and then the murders began ...

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do and then the murders began.

"The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play, so we sat in the house all that cold, cold wet day. I sat there with Sally. We sat here we two and we said 'How we wish we had something to do.'" And then .................

The Abbot of Durham Abbey died on the feast of St. Gregory and was buried in the choir of St. Leonard before the great altar....
And then the murders began!

(Unexplained Strange Encounters).