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Destination: Isle of Wight Departure Time: 2000s
Gang warfare comes to the streets of the Isle of Wight
The Accidental Assassin
What you need to know before your trail
The Isle of Wight is the home of Victor Green who is 37 unmarried and enjoys the quiet life. So when he is told that he has to prune the tree in his garden he does so. Not realising that he is about to start a strange kind of warfare on the small quiet island.
He falls from the tree right on the head of a certain Mr Hewson, a local gangster who is known by his other name of Gruesome. When the story runs in the paper they print Victor’s name as Tommy Green instead of Victor causing confusion. For Tommy Green is a local gangster and now there is war between Mr Hewson and his nemesis.
So a fake war breaks out,but who will stop it?the Accidental Tourist
Travel Guide
The Isle of Wight might seem like a rather unusual place for the warfare between the Pretty Boys and the Blues Brothers who both started their lives in South London to take place.
Still it’s a nice jaunt around the island from Church Litten in Newport where there is a cemetery where the plague victims were buried. victor can see this from his window so you wonder why he didn’t realise how the story was going to pan out! This graveyard is the place where Reynolds, Keats best friends is buried.
And the cast of characters who live her from Mrs Randall of Princess Beatrice Cottage, Alan Grimes close to retirement and constantly fed lentils by daughter Charity who feels it’s her job to keep him healthy. Not to mention The Blue Brothers: Reggie, Randy and Dodge, and the Pretty Boys – Harry, Garry and Barry. Last but not least Fluffy the poodle featured on the cover no less.
Streetview Maps
A) Church Litten - plague burial ground
B) Shanklin - Victoria Avenue
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