Kissing_the_Gunner's_Daughter
Kissing the Gunner's Daughter is a 1992 novel[1] by the British mystery writer Ruth Rendell, featuring the recurring character Inspector Reg Wexford.[2] The title of the book refers to historical corporal punishment in the Royal Navy where a sailor wikt:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiss the gunner's daughter was lashed to a cannon to receive a flogging.[2]