The Complete Collection of the Most Exciting Mystery Stories

Author: Wang Xingjian
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Publish Date: 2006-11-27
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1. A female college student was murdered in the shower room of a women's college gymnasium. A female college student was found dead in the shower room, completely naked, with long hair draped over her face, looking terrifying. It appeared she had been strangled with a thin rope or similar object. However, only one public towel was found at the scene, and no ropes or similar items were discovered. Since another girl was also showering at the time of the incident, she was suspected. However, she left the shower room naked and empty-handed, which was witnessed by classmates outside the door. A public towel cannot replace a rope; moreover, there were no signs that the killer had flushed the rope down the drain. After examining the scene, the detective felt baffled. By chance, he noticed something. "Ah, I see. I understand now," he immediately spotted the murder weapon. Can you guess what the murder weapon was?
2. The Flaw in the Suicide Note In Los Angeles, a guest at a hotel committed suicide by poison. Detectives Columbo from the Los Angeles Police Department arrived to conduct an autopsy. The body was lying on the bed of a middle-aged gentleman, and tests confirmed death by potassium cyanide poisoning. "He checked into the hotel three days ago as a British guest, and there's a suicide note on the desk," the hotel manager showed him. The note was typed on an electric typewriter, except for the handwritten signature and date, which read "3.15, 2005." "March 15, 2005—that's yesterday." "You mean he's British? Then this note is fake. It's a suicide, a murder disguised as suicide. The killer might be American," Detective Columbo concluded after reading the note. Do you know what evidence led him to this conclusion?
3. Old's Old Neighbor Chief Haili had just finished inspecting two blocks and was driving through a residential area when he suddenly noticed a person lying by the roadside. Upon getting out of his car, he found the person already dead, with clear signs of strangulation on their neck. It was midnight, and a man came out of a nearby house. He approached and bent down, screaming in horror: "Ah, isn't this Old? I knew this would happen. I warned him!" "Warned him about what? Who are you?" Chief Haili asked. "I warned him not to always jingle his gold coins. I'm Rotifen. We've been neighbors for 20 years. A few minutes ago, I saw him walking past—he always jingled his gold coins as if deliberately trying to attract robbers." "Was the gold coin valuable?" "The coin isn't worth much, but Old treated it as a good luck charm. I told him to be careful, but I didn't think it was stolen?" Chief Haili examined the body and found the gold coin in the right pocket of the pants. He also found only a $1 bill in his pocket. Chief Haili quickly arrested Rotifen. Do you know the basis for his arrest?
4. Catching the Cow Thief
Pincardon was born in England in 1819 and came to the United States at the age of 23, becoming the founder of one of the first private detective agencies in the U.S. At that time, in Illinois, there was a ranch...