Can you believe it’s October??? This photo is from late last October of a pond not far from my house.
Where did 2018 go? The countdown has begun for finishing my first Natchez park ranger romantic suspense that I’m calling Natchez Standoff! So, after two weeks of being out of town and working on edits, I am now hard at work on Brooke Danvers and Luke Fereday’s story. Here’s the story blurb I’m working from:
Mississippi undercover narcotics agent Luke Fereday arrives too late at a drug stakeout and discovers the body of his friend, park ranger John Danvers. When Brooke Danvers, who is also a ranger, decides to investigate the murder, Luke has his hands full keeping her safe. But who’s going to keep him safe when he’s falling in love with the daughter of the man he failed to save?
And now on to last week’s Mystery Question: Three of the following actually happened in a criminal case. Can you tell the one I made up?
- Police believed they had found the man who robbed a bank and obtained a search warrant for his house. When they searched the house, the man’s parrot suddenly began saying, “Give me all your cash.” Evidently, the robber had practiced saying that in the presence of the parrot.
- A woman was convicted of murder after claiming her husband committed suicide on the testimony of a parrot who said in court: “Don’t shoot!” The parrot sounded just like the murder victim.
- A defense attorney wanted to have a parrot testify in a murder case because the parrot kept saying, a name that was not the defendant’s name, then it said, “No! No! No!” The man was convicted of the murder, but the defense attorney thinks the parrot should have been able to testify.
- Police arrested a woman after they went into a house and a parrot cried, “Help me, help me, help me!” Then the parrot gave a maniacal laugh. The parrot sounded exactly like the woman’s mother whom the defendant was caring for.
And the answer is…#1. I had no idea a parrot’s testimony would stand up in court! Testimony was given by the woman who took the parrot after the death that the parrot kept repeating a conversation. She reported that she recognized the two different voices screaming and yelling as being the victim and his wife, and it always ends with the victim’s voice yelling ‘don’t shoot’. Evidently, the jury believed it, too, because the wife is in prison. Congrats to all who got the correct answer.
Now on to this week’s Mystery Question. Three of the following police blotter reports are true. I made one up. Which one did I make up?
- A man reported someone had used his password and hacked into his Farmville account and that he had lost a year’s worth of work and all his crops.
- A woman said her son was attacked by a cat, and the cat would not allow her to take her son to the hospital.
- A would-be thief caught crawling in a window turned out to be a husband who’d had an argument with his wife and claimed she’d locked him out. The wife told police she’d never seen the man and they took him to jail.
- A caller reported at 7:14 that someone was yelling “help” from a residence on Bank Street. Officers responded and learned the person was calling a cat named “Help”.
Leave a comment and be entered in a drawing at the end of October for either Justice Betrayed or a book from my library!
And the winner of September’s drawing is Joan Arning. Thanks everyone for commenting!
Leave a comment and be entered in a drawing at the end of October for either Justice Betrayed or a book from my library!
And the winner of September’s drawing is Joan Arning. Thanks, everyone for commenting!
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We have 5 cats in the house, so I’ll have to go with one of the cat answers . . . I say number 2!
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I have 2 cats, Priscilla and they provide me with plenty of material. lol One of them is in my lap as I type. Thanks for stopping by.
They all sound stupid but plausible. I think I will go with #4.
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Isn’t it awful that any of them are plausible, Ellen. lol Thanks for stopping by.
#4
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We’ll see, Lucy! Thanks for stopping by.
#3. As the others have said, they all sound plausible but stupid. People can be crazy.
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So true, Christine, so true. We’ll see next week if it’s #3. Thanks for stopping by.
I will go with #4
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Hi Mary. We’ll see if I made up a cat named Help. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
I’ll go with #4 being made up, a cat named “Help,” but anything is possible. Love these and your new book premise is again stellar–happy and quick writing!
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Thank you, Delores! And we’ll see about that cat named “Help”! Thanks for stopping by.
I am going to say #4.
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It does seem crazy to name a cat “Help” but who knows, Patricia! Thanks for stopping by.
They really are all somewhat unbelievable…lol I think I will go with #2 unless that cat is a cougar or something like that. Then I wouldn’t try to take my son to the hospital either.
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Hi Betti! Yes, they are unbelievable. All of them. lol Thanks for stopping by.
I am going with #1 this week.
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Hi Gloria. I’ve never gotten into the Farmville game…thanks for stopping by!
2.
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Hi Mindy. You like the cat story? Thing is, I can absolutely see this happening. lol Thanks for stopping by.
2
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Hi Suzanne! I see another one for #2! Thanks for stopping by.
I’ll go with #2
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Quite a few for #2, Jackie. Thanks for stopping by.
Wow, more idiots on the loose! I’m going with #3. If this really happened, it seems the police would have checked his ID and asked the woman for pictures of her husband.
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Hi Edward! Love the “more idiots on the loose.” lol. We’ll see next week. Thanks for stopping by.
I will pick #1.
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Hey, Paula! So good to see you here. That’s another vote for #1. We’ll see next week if it’s correct.
#2. “The cat would not allow” her?? How big is that cat or how small is that woman?
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I wondered that, too, as I typed it, Jeanna. lol. Thanks for stopping by.
It could only be # 2
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We have a lot of votes for #2, Kathy. We’ll see next week. Thanks for dropping by and commenting.
I’ll go with #4. My sister lost her cat, Simon, in a residential section of Louisville. She weepily went about calling his name, and I know somebody thought she was looking for a missing boyfriend! LOL
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Funny, Regina. I hope she found her kitty! Thanks for dropping by.
#1
We’ll see, Caryl, we’ll see. Thanks for stopping by.
They all seemed crazy and #4 made me laugh. However I’m going to say #3 was made up 🙂
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Hi Jessica! I can’t believe I miscounted my days and scheduled this post for today instead of tomorrow! In case no one can tell, math is not my strong suit! lol Anyway. So you think it’s #3? We’ll see next week. Thanks for stopping by.
I think I typed my answer a few minutes before I saw your email. I promise I didn’t cheat lol. You did have me double checking what day it was. I work night shift and I easily get confused because, I go in one day then come out the next. So for a moment I believed it was Tuesday!!
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I just can’t count, Jessica. lol. When I scheduled the date for the post to go out, I miscounted the # of days. lol. Thanks for stopping by!