Detective St John Screech has a secret fantasy and that is to own a British Racing Green Karman Ghia. He loves its sleek, rounded lines and its iconic sixties look. The fact that he cannot drive and has no intention of learning and that he would have nowhere to park it in no way prevents him from dreaming. He imagines himself spinning down leafy, country lanes , and having picnics by rivers or in bluebell woods, perhaps accompanied by one of his lady friends, Consuelo, the Spanish actress or Rosalind, the cellist, or the vivacious and food-loving vicar(ess) from Barton.
He saw such a Karman Ghia in a dealership in Westwick-on-Sea while investigating a case and was sorely tempted. But for the moment the British Racing Green Karman Ghia remains a fantasy.