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"Ye-es," -- I hesitated, with my mind on the thick necks and whisky-drinking proclivities of some of the "'tecs" I had known, -- "I suppose we can never rely upon _absolute_ safety in this world."

A Queen's Error Henry Curties

"'tecs," so the eyes are turned back to the different frying-pans or roasting-forks, as the case may be.

London's Underworld Thomas Holmes 1882

"That bus is gonna need one of them new Evinrude E-tecs to pull outa this'un."

Caption Contest: Write the Best... 2009

After teething on the Hardy Boys, I moved on early to the hard stuff, starting with Sherlock Holmes and, via a number of workmanlike franchise tecs and a smattering of gentlemen investigators, ending up at Marlowe and Sam Spade.

My favourite film: Chinatown 2011

"That bus is gonna need one of them new Evinrude E-tecs to pull outa this'un."

Caption Contest: Write the Best... 2009

I can't see an online announcement at the Times website, but in today's paper version, I learn that "Marcel Berlins [Times crime-fiction reviewer], with Natasha Cooper, Val McDermid, Peter Millar [Times thriller-fiction reviewer], and a host of special guests, guide you through the twisted plots, tough 'tecs and terrifying killers."

Times gets in on "best of crime" act Maxine 2008

I can't see an online announcement at the Times website, but in today's paper version, I learn that "Marcel Berlins [Times crime-fiction reviewer], with Natasha Cooper, Val McDermid, Peter Millar [Times thriller-fiction reviewer], and a host of special guests, guide you through the twisted plots, tough 'tecs and terrifying killers."

Times gets in on "best of crime" act Maxine 2008

But Carnacki, who first appeared in the Idler magazine in 1910, has all the elements in such perfect proportions that he deserves to be crowned king of the occult 'tecs – especially in this, his centenary year.

Thomas Carnacki, king of the supernatural detectives 2010

I can't see an online announcement at the Times website, but in today's paper version, I learn that "Marcel Berlins [Times crime-fiction reviewer], with Natasha Cooper, Val McDermid, Peter Millar [Times thriller-fiction reviewer], and a host of special guests, guide you through the twisted plots, tough 'tecs and terrifying killers."

April 2008 Maxine 2008

I thought the piece was fun to read and the tecs are pretty cool.

doggdot.us 2008