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Intern’s comments from the Precinct 81 group.

Defenestration in the Great Hotel




Oh that's enough! You want to spend your last days of holidays quietly... without poison, dangerous murderers, awful stinging insects or naughty cows!
BigCity will be great, you always want to visit its museums, its famous buildings, spending relaxing days in the most luxurious hotel of BigCity. You go to the reception desk, pick up the key of your room and enter in the elevator with your luggage. When, coming from the street, you heard "Haaaaaaaaa! "Crash!" "Bong!" and silence... What's still going on? Running to the front door of the hotel you find a man's body on the pavement.
AGAIN!!! You must have been cursed! Suicide or murder? You have to find it and then... go home and stay in your house for a long, long time!



Tasks
Location: In "BigCity" (yes, that the name of the city!).
Read a book with big buildings of a big city on the cover.

Crime: A defenestration in the most famous hotel of BigCity.
Read a book where someone is seriouly injured (or found dead) after a fall down.

Clues: Window - Money
Read a book where you can find these two words in the text.

Culprit: The maid who was surprised by the victim while stealing his money.
Read a book where one of the characters is a maid or a servant OR stays in a hotel.

Mysterious Hat Thief at the Farm




Ahhhh! The peace of the countryside, the fresh air, the sweet scent of wild flowers... hmm also the "perfume" of the manure pile in the neighboring farm! But the farmers sell fresh vegetables, eggs from their hens, delicious fruits from their garden, tasty cheese... The sun is hot, so you put on your beautiful new straw hat and go to the farm to do some shopping and why not visit the farm at the same time. The farmers are very nice and you buy various food, the farmer's wife invites you to have a fresh drink in the shadow of a big tree. You take your hat off and put it on a fence post. After spending a pleasant hour speaking with your hosts, you return to the campsite you have chose for your holidays in the countryside. At the middle of the way, you realize you have forgotten your hat, so you go back to the farm. And here... no more hat! Who is the hat thief? The farmers' boy? The wind? or Maggie? Yes! it's her! you find the dirty culprit and pick your poor chewed up hat (no more new... snifff) in Maggie's mouth, the favorite cow of the farmer!



Tasks
Location: In the countryside.
Read a book with countryside on the cover.

Crime: Your straw hat has been stolen.
Read a book where something is stolen.

Clues: Farm - Hat
Read a book where you can find these two words in the text.

Culprit: Maggie, the favorite cow of the farmer, is the dirty culprit.
Read a book where one of the character goes to a farm OR where an animal plays a role in the story.

Climbing "Accident" in the Mountains



You are lucky to rent a nice wood cabin near a lake to spend your holidays. But no more swimming... what happened at the beach is enough for you. Today you want to go for a long hike in the mountains, it will be quiet there, no poison, no murderer... It's early, your backpack is ready, so let's go! While starting to hike on the mountain trail, you meet some tourists that are speaking about a fatal climbing accident which happened yesterday to another tourist. Ohhh! Better be careful not to slip on the trail. During your climb you cross a big tall woodcutter with tattoos on his strong arms, you ask him if it's the right way to the summit of the mountain but the only answer you get is a grunt. Not a nice guy!
You continue to walk and find the right place to have some rest before the last part of your hike. While putting your backpack on the ground you find a rock with blood and large footprints leading to the edge of the mountain... Oh no! It's the exact place where the tourist is supposed to have his climbing accident. Not another murder! Well, it's time again to investigate...



Tasks
Location: In the mountains
Read a book with mountain on the cover.

Crime: The victim died from a blow with a rock on the head.
Read a book where someone is knocked on the head.

Clues: Rock - Blood
Read a book where you can find these two words in the text.

Culprit: A local woodcutter who had an argument with the victim.
Read a book where one of the character is a woodcutter or physically fights with someone.

Poisoned Cocktail at the Beach



Finally on holidays! Today it is very hot, the sun is here, so it's the perfect day to go to the beach. You spend your whole day swimming, sunbathing and playing on the beach with your friends. At some time, you want to get a fresh drink and go to the Beach Bar. When you go in, you see a couple arguing at a near table, the man is about sixty and his wife at least half his age. Five minutes later, the man drops to the ground, dead...
What happened to him? Is it a heart attack or a murder? It's time to show your detective skills before the police arrived. First of all find some clues that can lead you to the murderer...



Tasks
Location: On the beach
Read a book with a beach on the cover.

Crime: The victim drinks a poisoned cocktail (no, it's not a heart attack).
Read a book where someone is poisoned.

Found Clues: Cocktail - Bottle
Read a book where you can find these two words in the text.

Culprit: The victim's wife who has an affair with the young waiter of the Beach Bar.
Read a book where one of the character is a waiter OR has an affair with someone younger.

Packing your Luggage




Before starting your holiday, you need to pack your luggage. You need to bring things that will be useful at our destinations.



Tasks
1. Finding your luggage.
Read a book with a suitcase, bag or trunk on the cover (it can be a picture OR a word).

2. On the beach, you need some protection from the sun.
Read a book with a hat or a sunshade on the cover.

3. Hiking in the mountain requires good shoes.
Read a book with shoes on the cover.

4. In the countryside, there are often various bugs. So you need some insecticide. Ultimately I think using your hands to swat them will be ok.
Read a book with hand(s) on the cover.

5. For visiting the big city, you need a map or a guide book.
Read a book with a book or a map on the cover.

How to play

* Create a post below for the whole challenge.

* Visit the locations you want.

* They can be done in any order except for packing your luggage (1st step before starting your holidays).

* You have to focus on one case at a time and complete all the 4-5 tasks before starting to investigate a new case.

* You need to complete the 5 tasks of "Packing your full luggage" to earn the bonus free questions (even if you don't complete the 4 cases)

* Questions Earned: 5 questions per section completed

* Duration: July, 1st - September, 30th

* Posting Requirements:
Book:
Rating:
Date:
How it fits:

After long months in lockdown, you are ready for your Summer holidays.

You have choice between
-going to the seaside,
-hiking in the mountains,
-spending quiet time in the countryside, or
-visiting a big city.

So where do you start?
But be careful, crime is everywhere, even in your holiday locale!



Thanks to Fff for creating this challenge.

✘ If you wish to help solve the above Case, just leave your information below.

✘ There are 5 sections. You can use the same book once for each section. So if you work it right, you only have to Read a total of 5 books.

✘ Books DO NOT need to be Mystery/Thrillers, any type of book will work for solving cold cases.

✘ You do not need to read the book that case is about....however it might help since all the words are found in the book!

✘ Start date: July 1st, 2020

The next 3 Cold Cases are set. The books may not remain free. Pick them up now if you are interested.

Dangerous Habits by Susan Hunter
The Girl From Paradise Hill by Susan Lund
Ice Blue by Emma Jameson

✘ Case File: The Gray and Guilty Sea
✘ Date: July 2020
✘ Cold Case: The Gray and Guilty Sea

✘Crime: A dead young woman on a beach
✘Suspect: Unknown
✘Location: Barnacle Bluffs, Oregon
✘Documentation: The Gray and Guilty Sea by Scott William Carter

Information
A curmudgeon. An iconoclast. A loner. That's how people describe Garrison Gage, and that's when they're being charitable.

After his wife's brutal murder in New York, and Gage himself is beaten nearly to death, the crippled private investigator retreats three thousand miles to the quaint coastal town of Barnacle Bluffs, Oregon. He spends the next five years in a convalescent stupor, content to bide his time filling out crossword puzzles and trying to forget that his wife's death is his fault. But all that changes when he discovers the body of a young woman washed up on the beach, and his conscience draws him back into his old occupation – forcing him to confront the demons of his own guilt before he can hope to solve the girl's murder.



✥ Read a book set at the seaside.
✥ Read a book with water on the cover.
✥ Read a book by an author that uses a pseudonym.
✥ Read a book where the MC is a private investigator.
✥ Read a book with a color name in the title.



Search for Clues
(Find the following in the text of books. Add location and sentence.)

✥ Beach
✥ Word
✥ Night
✥ Friendship
✥ Hospital



✥ Sky
✥ Cop
✥ Heart
✥ Desk
✥ Wife



✥ Girl
✥ Coast
✥ Nobody
✥ Glasses
✥ Money



✥ Phone
✥ Library
✥ Tattoos
✥ Morning
✥ Kid

Lucky you Sylwia!
As we don't have air conditioned at home, in the basement... yes it's the most fresh spot in our house.
Or when we are on holidays, in our little house in the mountains (always fresh air there).

✘ If you wish to help solve the above Case, just leave your information below.

✘ There are 5 sections. You can use the same book once for each section. So if you work it right, you only have to Read a total of 5 books.

✘ Books DO NOT need to be Mystery/Thrillers, any type of book will work for solving cold cases.

✘ You do not need to read the book that case is about....however it might help since all the words are found in the book!

✘ Start date: June 1st, 2020

✘ Case File 415: Dead and Gone to Bell
✘ Date: June 2020
✘ Cold Case: Dead and Gone to Bell by Jeremy Waldron

✘Crime: Women's murders
✘Suspects: Unknown serial killer
✘Location: Denver, Colorado
✘Documentation: Dead and Gone to Bell You can find it for free on Kobo or Amazon.

Information
Investigative reporter, Samantha Bell, knows the end is near. But when young women are suddenly being targeted by a mysterious serial killer who leaves little clues behind, Samantha pushes her way into the biggest murder investigation of her life.

On a mission to tell the story to save her career, nothing is as it seems. Met by terrifying roadblocks, Samantha needs a win. Willing to do whatever it takes, she and her friends risk their lives to work together and sift through the lies and deception that seem to be waiting for them around every turn.

It’s a race against the clock to catch the killer and just when it seems another victim’s life will be claimed, Samantha receives an anonymous message saying she will be the one to solve the case. Suddenly, the game has changed. When someone close to Samantha appears to be the next target, all rules are off the table and anything goes.




✥ Read a book where the MC is a journalist or a reporter.
✥ Read a book with a serial killer.
✥ Read a book with a single person on the cover.
✥ Read a book with the word "and" in the title.
✥ Read a book that has at least a rating of 4 stars on GR.


Denver, Colorado

Search for Clues
(Find the following in the text of books. Add location and sentence.)

✥ Sirens
✥ Glimmer
✥ Narrow
✥ Thigh
✥ Patriot


Samantha's office

✥ Puddles
✥ Awful
✥ Knuckle
✥ Assignment
✥ Widower


Motel in Denver

✥ Evil
✥ Website
✥ Gaze
✥ Sidewalk
✥ Heavily


Cherry Creek in Denver

✥ Scrolling/Scroll
✥ Advantage
✥ Snake
✥ Spices
✥ Behavior

✘ Case File : The World Beneath
✘ Date: May 2020
✘ Cold Case: The World Beneath

✘Crime: Subject 523 aka Rebar's murder
✘Suspects: Ozan
✘Location: New York City Underground
✘Documentation: The World Beneath by Rebecca Cantrell You can get this book for free on the MP of the book on Goodreads: button "Download eBook"

Information
In this USA Today bestselling book, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Cantrell drops you into a vast, dark world: 100 miles of living, breathing, tunnels that is the New York City underground. This subterranean labyrinth inhales three million bustling commuters every day. And every day, it breathes them all out again... except for one.

Software millionaire Joe Tesla is set to ring the bell on Wall Street the morning his company goes public. On what should be the brightest day in his life, he is instead struck with severe agoraphobia. The sudden dread of the outside is so debilitating, he can't leave his hotel at Grand Central Terminal, except to go underground. Bad luck for Joe, because in the tunnels lurk corpses and murderers, an underground Victorian mansion and a mysterious bricked-up 1940s presidential train car. Joe and his service dog, Edison, find themselves pursued by villains and police alike, their only salvation now is to unearth the mystery that started it all, a deadly, contagious madness on the brink of escaping The World Beneath.




✥ Read a book where the MC is a wealthy person.
✥ Read a book where someone suffers from a phobia.
✥ Read a book where the MC has the same last name as someone famous.
✥ Read a book set in a dark place (your interpretation).
✥ Read a book from this list: Best book by your Favorite Author




Search for Clues
(Find the following in the text of books. Add location and sentence.)

✥ Tunnel
✥ Scalpel
✥ Luxury
✥ Target
✥ Leather



✥ Briefcase
✥ Tropical
✥ Flashlight
✥ Destiny
✥ Bricks



✥ Monkey
✥ Island
✥ Metal
✥ Homeless
✥ Information



✥ President
✥ Needle
✥ Electrocute
✥ Pillar
✥ Sidewalk

✘ Case File : Raining Men and Corpses
✘ Date: April 2020
✘ Cold Case: Raining Men and Corpses by Anne R. Tan

✘Crime: Ex-lover's murder
✘Suspects: Raina Sun
✘Location: California
✘Documentation: Raining Men and Corpses or Raina Sun Mysteries: Books 1-3 You can get it for free on Amazon or Kobo

Information
A contemporary humorous mystery set in the fictitious small college town of Gold Springs, California. Raina Sun is a typical graduate student trying to keep her head above water as the bills roll in from a lawsuit disputing an inheritance from her dysfunctional family. Then her dashing college adviser cons her out of several months of rent.

Her quest to get her money back sets into motion a streak of bad luck. First, she finds the dead body of an ex-lover and becomes the prime suspect to his murder. The only man she ever loved reappears as the lead detective to the case and wants to reignite their passion (or at least he’s sending out smoke signals).

Her life careens out of control as her best friend does whatever it takes to get the inside scoop for the town’s newspaper. And her grandma moves into Raina’s postage-stamp-sized apartment, dragging a red suitcase and trouble. The family secret Raina has been running away from is now staring at her across the dining room table every morning.

Raina must figure out how to extract herself before things get dicey. There is no place for an amateur when it comes to murder.




✥ Read a book MP Genre Cozy Mystery.
✥ Read a book where the MC is a student.
✥ Read a book from this list: First books of some good cozy series.
✥ Read a book with a weapon on the cover.
✥ Read a book where a grandmother plays a role.




Search for Clues
(Find the following in the text of books. Add location and sentence.)

✥ Restroom
✥ Campus
✥ Pounding
✥ Casino
✥ Injuries



✥ Folders
✥ Ghost
✥ Disappointment
✥ Safely
✥ Lemon



✥ Curiosity
✥ Gleaming
✥ Shade
✥ Snore
✥ Coffee



✥ Tangled
✥ Cheesecake
✥ Laptop
✥ Lounge
✥ Ducks

✘ If you wish to help solve the above Case, just leave your information below.

✘ There are 5 sections. You can use the same book once for each section. So if you work it right, you only have to Read a total of 5 books.

✘ Books DO NOT need to be Mystery/Thrillers, any type of book will work for solving cold cases.

✘ You do not need to read the book that case is about....however it might help since all the words are found in the book!

✘ Start date: March 1st, 2020

✘ Case File : Murder on the SS Rosa
✘ Date: March 2020
✘ Cold Case: Murder on the SS Rosa by Lee Strauss

✘Crime: The ship's captain's murder
✘Suspects: The wife, the mistress, a crew mate, Ginger
✘Location: On a boat, the Atlantic
✘Documentation: Murder on the SS Rosa You can get it for free (Murder at Kensington Gardens is also free) Here

Information
It’s 1923 and young war widow fashionista Ginger Gold makes a cross-Atlantic journey with her companion Haley Higgins to London England to settle her father’s estate. When the ship’s captain is found dead, Ginger is only too happy to lend her assistance to the handsome Chief Inspector Basil Reed.

The SS Rosa delivers a convincing array of suspects—the wife, the mistress, a jealous crew mate. To Ginger’s dismay, her name has been added to the list! With a little help from Ginger’s dog Boss, Ginger and Haley navigate the clues (those wartime operative skills come in handy.) They must solve the case and clear Ginger’s name before they dock—and oh, whatever shall she wear!




✥ Read a book MP Genre Historical.
✥ Read a book where the MC travels by boat.
✥ Read a book with a drawing on the cover (not a photo).
✥ Read a book where MC's first and last names start with the same letter.
✥ Read a book where one of the characters is a widow or a widower.




Search for Clues
(Find the following in the text of books. Add location and sentence.)

✥ Autumn
✥ Heritage
✥ Training
✥ Jealousy
✥ Lights



✥ Invitation
✥ Captain
✥ Chestnut
✥ Drink
✥ Eyes



✥ Violet
✥ Ship
✥ Waterfall
✥ Companion
✥ Finger



✥ Silk
✥ Ring
✥ Nurse
✥ War
✥ Afternoon

For finishing the Burglary Speciality, you have earned a Bail Bond. These can be used instead of reading a book for any challenge.

You can read all about the bonds at The Holding Cell

✘ If you wish to help solve the above Case, just leave your information below.

✘ There are 5 sections. You can use the same book once for each section. So if you work it right, you only have to read a total of 5 books.

✘ Books DO NOT need to be Mystery/Thrillers, any type of book will work for solving cold cases.

✘ You do not need to read the book that case is about....however it might help since all the words are found in the book!

✘ Start date: February 1st, 2020

✘ Case File : 383. Murder in the Manor
✘ Date: February 2020
✘ Cold Case: Murder in the Manor by Fiona Grace

✘Crime: Iris Archer's murder
✘Suspects: Lacey Doyle
✘Location: Wilfordshire, England
✘Documentation: Murder in the Manor (You can get the book for free here)

Information
Lacey Doyle, 39 years old and freshly divorced, needs a drastic change. She needs to quit her job, leave her horrendous boss and New York City, and walk away from the fast life. Making good on her childhood promise to herself, she decides to walk away from it all, and to relive a beloved childhood vacation in the quaint English seaside town of Wilfordshire.

Wilfordshire is exactly as Lacey remembers it, with its ageless architecture, cobblestone streets, and with nature at its doorstep. Lacey doesn't want to go back home-and spontaneously, she decides to stay, and to give her childhood dream a try: she will open her own antique shop.

Lacey finally feels that her life is taking a step in the right direction-until her new star customer turns up dead.

As the newcomer in town, all eyes are on Lacey, and it's up to her to clear her own name.

With a business to run, a next-door neighbor turned nemesis, a flirty baker across the street, and a crime to solve - is this new life all that Lacey thought it would be?



✥ Read a book where the MC drastically changes her/his life.
✥ Read a book set in the UK.
✥ Read a book with a sunrise or sunset on the cover.
✥ Read a book with all the letters of MURDER in the title.
✥ Read a book where the main character owns his/her own business.




Search for Clues
(Find the following in the text of books. Add location and sentence.)

✥ Ink
✥ Shoulder
✥ Adventure
✥ Letterbox/Mailbox
✥ Manor



✥ Carefree
✥ Broom
✥ Rival
✥ Pie
✥ Beach



✥ Cottage
✥ Pride
✥ Energy
✥ Rumors
✥ Skin



✥ Store
✥ Cliff
✥ Obediently
✥ Pebbles
✥ Basket