Terence was a very clever detective, and had solved crimes that many private eyes more experienced than him had been stumped with. His latest task had been with a young man named James Apollo.His neighbour had been burgled last month. James, being a very paranoid man, immediately set to work with covering his floor with […]
“Check it out,” John said to his friend, Detective Sing, over dinner one night. “For a mere $5,000 I could purchase one of the rarest annuals around, Bulbous Aromaticus.“I was talking to a horticulturist, and she said she was willing to sell me one of the plants and then, each year when it flowered, she
The Seekers of Knowledge found themselves on another quest. This time they had to enter the great wizard tower of Vanya. She was to be caught and brought back to the city of Raptin for justice to be served.Within the tower, the group had encountered many deadly traps and a few roaming monsters. These monsters
One Saturday morning, Veya saw the three musketeers in the mall. Three friends—Pep, Asia and Fe-Fe—call themselves by that name because they are always together.“I’ve been shopping for sandals,” Pep told Veya. “But I have such a wide foot; nothing seems to fit. We’ve been looking everywhere.”“And it’s been slow-going,” Fe-Fe added, “because of Asia’s
“8:00 a.m. Friday? I’ll be there, with bells on.” Nora Shekrie said as she hit ‘end’ on her cell phone, pleased with the call. After more than a month of casual contacts and interactions, Wilby Habenpfun, the handsome bank manager, had asked her personally to attend a function with him. The invitation was based on
A father took his sons to an amusement park one day. He told them to meet him at the entrance at 5:00 later that day. When the kids finally showed up at the end of the day, it was 5:30. The father said that he was angry and wouldn’t take them again for a whole
Larry is in police custody for a suspected robbery. There is some evidence that he stole a watch out of a locker where he worked.“What happened at the factory, Larry?” Chief Brossard asked. “I came to work at 5:00 am as I always do. We worked until noon when we ate lunch, which lasted an
Bobby Bigelow was an average sixth grader. That is, except for the fact that he had the mind of Sherlock Holmes himself. One day, while walking around the block, he noticed two of the students at school arguing over something.The two boys were Jeremy and Jacob. Jeremy was accusing Jacob of killing his pet cockroach.
Detective Brown reviewed the information they had on the case so far. A lady was found shot and they already had a list of suspects—John, Mark, Sarah, Henry and Carol. Plus, there were five notes that were found that were from the killer. The first was found in a supply room. The second was found
Sergeant Maloney of the L.A.P.D. got a 911 call from the dispatcher just moments ago. Someone reported hearing two men arguing and then gunshots. Maloney sped to the scene, and seeing nothing unusual outside, he cautiously entered the house through the open front door with his gun drawn. He found a man in a paramedic’s
Susan Coffered was not liked very much, so no one was surprised when she was found dead. She had been murdered in the Church car park right in the middle of the main Sunday Service. A single shot had done the deed, and it had obviously been fired from way up in the bell tower,
Joseph went into the Jewel’s Jewellery shop to buy a gift for his girlfriend, Amber. He knew that she loved pearls of any colour; it made no difference to her. After a bit of looking, a young lady came over and asked, “May I help you?” He glanced up and said, “Yes, I am looking
Inspector Will was reading his email, when an urgent message arrived. It was from his friend, Dr. Mallone, the millionaire. It said:“Hi, Will.I need your help. You see; somebody just stole one of my pearls.As you recall, I have a very special chest manually crafted by my old friend Delouresse. It is so exclusive that
The home of Shirley Tate was completely dark as Shadow and Kareem knocked at the front door. “As I said,” murmured Kareem, “This is not like her at all. She hasn’t answered her phone all day, and being late for our date is totally out of character.” Shadow tried the door and found it unlocked.
The First Mate of the Jolly Rancher cargo ship announced to the crew that the Captain was found murdered in his bunk that morning. The First Mate knew that none of the loyal crewmen would do such a thing. He narrowed his suspects down to the four newest crew members, each claiming to be an