Hello my peeps!
It is the first of April and this means it the start of the A to Z Challenge! I can’t wait for you guys to start reading my entry for this year.
As mentioned in my theme release, it’s going to be a continuous series and my theme revolves around a Murder Mystery.
The entire series can be accessed from here
Without any further ado, here’s my first entry
“Never underestimate people”
I don’t know why my father’s words chose to appear in my mind at that particular moment of my day. By far it was the worst day of my life. Sounds like I’m exaggerating? Nope, it really was. Beg to differ, well read on and I’ll let you decide.
I’m Elizabeth Hatchings. I’m a detective at some place. I can’t really start telling a random stranger everything about a detectives life and the case she’s working on. But I’m typing this one out cause this is the strangest one out there. And this is coming from me, me who’s seen all kinds of cases working for 9 years.
Graciela and I have been partners for 6 of those 9 years and we have worked out the kinks. We have always got each other’s backs. Today, the 25th of July 1980 we stumbled upon a most extraordinary case.
A girl, probably in her early 30’s was found murdered at her home. Her eyes conveyed shock, betrayal even, maybe. The job looked like it was a messy one yet there was no signs of struggle by the victim. Every door, every window was locked. There were no signs of breaking and entry. No footprints despite the blood covering every possible surface of the kitchen. No murder weapon in sight.
The slashing of the body was so haphazard, a few by a right dominated person and few by a left dominated. Maybe a killer who’s ambidextrous? What about the blood, could it have also been the killer’s? Or was it killers? An accomplice perhaps, trusted by her. If so, who and why kill her? So many questions yet no promising leads.
The only usable evidence was the blood. Which mostly belonged to her all things considered. Nothing tied to the criminal. Until the lab results get back…
There it is!
My first entry!! So all my posts will be published around this time everyday.
Participating in the challenge? Drop the links to your blog in my comments!
Happy Blogging!!
Stay safe and much love to you all 🙂
Dream ♥️
I am intrigued. That sounds like an impossible crime scene. I very much look forward to finding out where this is going. Best of luck for April – hope it goes really well.
Tasha 💖
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Thank you so much and wish you the same!
See you around 🙂
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Oh my! Not only a murder mystery, but a “locked room” puzzle at that!
I’ll be looking forward to seeing how your story develops. 🙂
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Haha yeaah!
Thank you ❤
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An intriguing start! This should be good I think.
My A-Z tale!
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We’ll have to see xD
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I’m intrigued! I love a good mystery and hey! It’s the 1980s! (I’m a 1980s girl. It’s so strange to think that now stories et in the 1980s fall under historical fiction!!!!)
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Haha. Well it certainly has been a couple of decades.
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I love a good murder mystery! Can’t wait to see how this unfolds.
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Thank you 🙂
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Mysteries are my favorite genre! Looking forward to reading yours!
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Thank you 🙂
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I love a good mystery. Can’t wait to see how this one plays out.
~Mary
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Thank you 🙂
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A promising start! Will come back for more..
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Thank you 😊
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As a crime writer-reader, I’m hooked. Who? Why? UK? I’m coming back tomorrow. And 1st person POV as I use.
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Yaay! Thank you 🙂
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Love love mystery stories…you’ve got me! WAITING breathlessly for the next chapter! Cheers! And you only have to wait on my site for the next bird to fly by! A Bird a Day! https://katheatoz.blogspot.com/
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Aww, Thaanks!!!
I’ll be sure to hop on and read soon 🙂
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That’s a challenging case! What a perfect setting for the private detective to set off with his/her craft.
Interesting start. I look forward to the story as it unfolds over the rest of 25 days.
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Ohhhh… A murder mystery. Should be fun 🙂
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It is going to be a wild ride xD
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Very promising start, Dream. A story set before I was born :D. Your writing has improved a lot in the last couple of years. Good luck, I’m going to stay tuned for this story.
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Thank you so much for that! 🙂
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That opening line—“Never underestimate people”—gave me instant Sherlock Holmes vibes. Very excited to see where this is going!
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Oh wow that is such a huge compliment!!! You made my day! Thank you so much ❤
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Very interesting! I can’t wait to find out what happened, there’s so many possibilities…
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Thank you!!!
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Sounds intriguing indeed. My curiosity has been aroused. Great start to the challenge. Here’s the link to my posts: https://thesoulsearchersite.wordpress.com/category/a-to-z-challenge-2020/
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Thank you 🙂
I’ll pop in soon!
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Thank you. 🙂
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I’m hooked. Looking forward to see where this is going!
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Thank you 🙂
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Exciting! I’ll be back to get all caught up. Congrats on finishing A to Z!
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Thank you so much!! I’ll be sure to check yours as well 🙂
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