Saturday, May 4, I had fun signing books at my nearest Barnes & Noble in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Sad to say, it took me a while before I understood why everyone went around saying, “May the 4th be with you…”
I was blessed to sell over half the books they ordered. Ann Cooper in the photo was my best customer!
Now onto last week’s Mystery Question: Four scenarios are below. Three are true, unfortunately. I made up one. Can you guess which one I made up?
- A bank robber planned his getaway meticulously. He had a second set of clothes on under his snap-on pants and shirt complete with a cloth bag he could stuff the stolen money in. Everything went as planned except, he didn’t count on the wind whipping the loose money out of the bag, leaving a trail for the police to follow.
- Officials found a dead body mysteriously crumpled at the bottom of an escalator. When they looked at the TV camera video aimed at the escalator, they discovered he ran up the Down escalator and when he reached the top, he lost his balance and fell.
- A man filled a plastic jug with gas, but when he tried to pour it in his gas tank, it wouldn’t work, so he decided to melt the neck of the jug so he could shape it into a funnel. You guessed it–when he lit the torch to melt the top of the jug…
- A mysterious white powder arrived at the hotel room where nine tourists were sharing adjoining rooms. No one had ordered it, but thinking it was cocaine, they decided to divide it into nine small piles. Then they snorted it. All nine ended up in the hospital suffering from hallucinations and seizures. Turns out the drug was the very dangerous Scopolamine.
And the answer is…#1. Congrats on all who figured out which one I made up!
The winner of April’s drawing for a book from my library is Susan S!
Now for this week’s Mystery Question. Below are four scenarios. Three are true. One is false. Which one did I make up?
- It was February, and a couple in the middle of a divorce were walking along the bank of a river, quarreling. Unable to win his point, the frustrated man suddenly shoved the woman into the icy river, jumping in to push her under again and again! The only problem? He couldn’t swim and his wife could. She swam to safety while he sank…he died on February 14.
- Two men had spent the day on the river bank fishing and guzzling beer. As they trecked back to their truck with their meager catch, they had to cross a pasture with a long-horned bull in it. One man dared the other to slap the bull on his rump. When he refused, words ensued regarding his character and then a fight broke out, catching the attention of the bull. The men were so intent on their fight they failed to see the bull charging until he’d hooked one of them… on his rump.
- A young couple set out to prove that evil is a make-believe concept the human race invented. They set out on a bike ride to prove their new worldview. Sadly, after a year of biking, they were killed by ISIS militants.
- A helpful neighbor spent his last moments helping a friend weld an exhaust pipe He arrived at the garage shed with an experimental welding kit: an LPG bottle, similar to a propane tank, in which he had mixed both components that make up oxy-acetylene welding gas: acetylene and oxygen. When combined, these two components burn hot enough to cut metal. They are separated for a reason. When the neighbor attacked a torch head straight onto the bottle and lit the welding tip…the explosion shattered windows blocks away.
Okay, Mystery Sleuths, which story did I make up? Leave your guess in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library.
Oh, before I go, Justice Delivered is a finalist in the April Book of the Month contest at Interviews and Reviews. If you have time, I’d appreciate it if you hopped over and voted for Justice Delivered. Just click on the link. Thanks!
If it wins the April contest, it’ll be entered their contest for Book of the Year!
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Comments 37
For some reason, my computer would not let me vote on your book??? Maybe I was doing something wrong, so I AM as dumb as some of these people??
Author
Jan, did you scroll all the way to the bottom if you’re on a phone or look to the right for the voting place? The first time I voted, I clicked on my book cover, but that just took me to a review. 🙂 Thanks for trying!
I’m going to go with #3.
Author
Hi Monique! Thanks for stopping by and we’ll see next week if it’s #3.
I think you made up #2 but if true, it would be poetic justice.
Author
Wouldn’t it, Delores! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
Possibly number two. Thanks for an opportunity to enter a giveaway! As always, would love to win a print book!
Author
We’ll see Lual, we’ll see. Thanks for stopping by.
I think #3.
Author
Nyala, I see a trend with a contest between #s 2 and 3. 😉 We’ll see if it’s either next week. Thanks for dropping by.
I’m going with #3, too.
Author
Hi Mary! I’ll put you in the #3 column. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
I’m going with #2.
Author
And another one for #2! We’ll see next week, Tracy. Thanks for commenting!
I’m going to be the outlier and go with #1. It’s not the pushing I don’t believe. It’s that the husband would jump into the river: after the pushing.
I seem to think too hard on these and getting the wrong one. I’m sticking with #3. It has to be the right answer eventually. LOL!
Author
I just love your logic, Edward. We’ll see next week.
Put me in the #3 column!!!
Author
Will do, Jackie! Thanks for commenting!
I am going with #1 this week.
Author
We’ll see, Gloria. We’ll see. 😉 Thanks for dropping by.
I’m trying to decide between #1 and #2. The husband in #1 seems dumb enough to forget he can’t swim, so I believe you made up #2.
Author
We’ll see next week, Tim. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
#4 seems familiar but I can’t think why, so I’ll go with #3! It sounds like a great scene in a book! LOL!
Author
I think they all would fit in a book, Regina! lol Thanks for stopping by.
I’m going to guess #3 this week.
Author
We’ll see, Colleen. Thanks for dropping by.
#3
Author
Lucy, I’ll add your vote to the #3 column. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
I’m going with #2, too! I seem to remember some of these in the news. But I won’t say which ones!
Author
Thank you, Paula… 😉 We’ll see if it’s #2 next week. And I’ll get your book in the mail tomorrow!
#1
I’ll go with #4 this week.
I’m guessing #4.
We’ll see, Caryl, we’ll see. Thanks for stopping by!
#2
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We’ll see, Rosalyn. Thanks for stopping by.