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and asked me to find out more about her daughters death. I feel bad about the girl. What’s the story on the missing witness?’ ‘I ...

I thanked him, and drove over to the university houses where Caroline had lived. The girl who had shared her room was busy packi ...

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for giving a false name? I didn’t seem to be making any progress. Then an idea came to me as I was looking at the newspaper pict ...

‘This car was at the scene of a recent accident where a girl was killed.’ ‘Not this one,’ he said. ‘This has been right here, in ...

sometimes you get a feeling... a little voice inside you, telling you there’s something wrong. I looked through the garage windo ...

right, and jealousy had made him crazy. Not too crazy, though, to carry out; that careful plan with the stolen car and number pl ...

How's Your Mother? Simon Brett ‘It s all right, Mother. Just the post,’ Humphrey Partridge called from the bottom of the stairs, ...

‘I’m sorry, Mrs Denton, I don’t like to leave my mother at weekends. I’m at work all week, you see.’ He hurried away. ‘He lives ...

‘It’s my mother. She’s very old and I look after her.’ ‘Oh, it’s only for three days, Humphrey. And this is important.’ ‘I’m sor ...

He looked out of the kitchen window with satisfaction. ...

When he saw what was in it, he sat down at the bottom of the stairs, feeling weak with shock. He had won a large sum of money in ...

‘No.’ ‘There was no one anywhere. The house was empty.’ ‘Yes.’ The postman stood there, looking at him. ‘I thought that was rath ...

Ten days ago. The 11th.’ ‘Are you sure? The 11th was the day you had the fire.’ ‘Sorry. Two days before that. It was such a shoc ...

You didn’t kill her, because she wasn’t here. Hmm. And how do you explain that you suddenly have enough money to go to Canada an ...

‘Hello, Humphrey.’ ...

‘Yes, I am. Don’t you want to give your mother a kiss?’ She pushed her painted face towards him, and Partridge stepped back into ...

‘I’m telling you I murdered someone,’ Partridge said. ‘Listen, Mr Partridge,’ said the sergeant. ‘I’m very sorry about what happ ...

At the Old Swimming Hole Sara Paretsky I was sitting on a wooden seat at the University of Illinois indoor swimming pool, and I ...

The woman in lane two seemed to be having problems. What was wrong? The water around her was turning red. I pushed through the c ...