Children's Detective Story Series Professor Berkley and Black Cat Wendi 1

Author: (DE) Colina Hard, (DE) Jens Schumacher
Translator: Zhu Liuhua
Country: Germany
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-07-10
Features: Berkeley Professor is a famous criminology professor, with a white beard, glasses, a pipe, and a preference for wearing plaid coats and black round hats. He was once an advisor to Scotland Yard in the UK. After retiring, he assists local police in solving cases. His black cat, named Witty, is naturally gifted in detective work and is always by the professor's side. In this book, how many mysteries await you and the professor to unravel: How did the burglar escape from the locked building? What secrets lie behind the pottery jar from 4,000 years ago? Where did the jewel thief hide their treasures? These questions or similar ones are the ones that the great detective Berkeley Professor and the black cat Witty are tracking.
Follow the most unusual detective duo in history to the crime scene, and help the police solve complex cases of theft, burglary, and fraud!
"The Children's Detective Story Series" is a collection of suspenseful mystery stories specially introduced for Chinese readers. This series centers around the Berkeley Professor and his inseparable detective partner, the black cat Witty. Through vivid and engaging storylines, it presents one detective story after another, helping readers develop and hone their reasoning and analytical skills while also testing their detective talents.
But today, the police officers in the narrow shop are clearly not here for the reasons mentioned above.
"You see, Mr. Smithsonian," Inspector H said. "Neither of the suspects has the diamond ring you——allegedly——lost. I can't keep them in the police car indefinitely just because of your suspicion. Therefore, I think we must let them go."
"Excuse me for interrupting," the Berkeley Professor cut in, placing his extinguished pipe back into his plaid coat pocket. Besides, it was too small inside to smoke.
"Robert, can you give me a brief introduction to what happened here?" Inspector H began rolling his eyes as he squeezed past the professor and hurried into the front of the shop to scold one of his subordinates.
"Well, it happened about half an hour ago," Robert Smithsonian said cautiously. His hesitant tone revealed that he had been frightened by H's harsh interrogation methods.
"There were two half-grown children who came here. One was tall and thin, with fierce black eyes; the other was short and fat, constantly chewing gum. A nuisance! I bet they're not from Winfield, or I would have seen them at least once. They didn't seem genuinely interested in looking at the exhibits at first. I brought in a set of expensive diamond rings and arranged them in a flat display case on the counter."
He pointed to the spot. "The tall one suddenly knocked over the cast-iron umbrella stand by the door. The stand fell on a glass display case, making a loud bang. I rushed over to see what was broken."
"What happened next?" the Berkeley Professor asked.
Witty von stared intently at the old jeweler.
Luckily, nothing was damaged. But when I returned to the safe, I suddenly noticed that one diamond ring was missing! It was the one with the largest and most exquisite cut—worth nearly ￡60,000.
"And you believe that while your attention was diverted, the gum-chewing fat one took it?" the professor guessed.
Witty von let out a soft cry and jumped to the ground.
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