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The Missing Diamonds Case
In late September 2019, Jeet Thakur Sahai went to Shimla for a four day training course. He stayed at the Jayant Minhas Hotel.
By Anshuman Kumar5 years ago in Criminal
The Case of the Missing Cash
In July 2019, Jeet Thakur Sahai had gone to Chandigarh for a three day training course. After he completed his course on the first day, he went to meet his friend Inspector Shyam Kant. Shyam had invited him so that they could have a coffee at a local restaurant.
By Anshuman Kumar5 years ago in Criminal
The Long Con
Part 1. The glass breaks. As I press his face against it, the sound of the cracking of the window is muffled by the red liquid draining from his scalp. He whimpers, ready to collapse onto the floor. I hold him there in a vice grip as he begins to quiver, trying to reach up to his open wound. I command, “Stop.” He freezes.
By Per Hiero5 years ago in Criminal
The Long Con: Full Version
Part 1. The glass breaks. As I press his face against it, the sound of the cracking of the window is muffled by the red liquid draining from his scalp. He whimpers, ready to collapse onto the floor. I hold him there in a vice grip as he begins to quiver, trying to reach up to his open wound. I command, “Stop.” He freezes.
By Per Hiero5 years ago in Criminal
The Conference Meeting Case
In April 2019, Jeet Thakur Sahai had to go to Bengaluru for an annual Research Analysts’ Conference. The conference had many meeting scheduled for various categories of personnel. Jeet would be there for the five days of the conference. His friends Aziz Khan and Tapan Sabarwal were also attending the conference. There were a few analysts from the police services there, including Jeet, but most from other departments and companies.
By Anshuman Kumar5 years ago in Criminal
The Case of the 3 Murders
In October 2020 Jeet Thakur Sahai was asked by one of his colleagues in another department to help out on a case. His friend, Inspector Abhishek Vallabh, was the lead in investigating three murders that happened at a business office the previous night.
By Anshuman Kumar5 years ago in Criminal
Hospital of Doom
Hospital of Doom I received the certified letter in the mail. I hate those letters, they scare me. It was from the health department informing me that my yearly mammogram would not be at the regular clinic but at Bloom Memorial Hospital. As I read the words ‘Bloom Memorial
By Amanda Curtis5 years ago in Criminal
The Brown Paper Box
When Lily Evans woke up on her 18th birthday she never knew the events of that Thursday afternoon would change her life forever. She stretched her tan arms and legs as she sat up. Lily sat up and yawned. The first thing her blue eyes spotted was a brown paper box.
By Addison5 years ago in Criminal
The boy
Simon was a famous writer who many times wrote against criminals who strolled in the city. With all the work that he did to expose the darkest truths about criminals, he managed to get quite a high amount of threats. Two years ago, Simon wrote against a congress politician who conspired and killed his wife. He wrote a book called 'The truth is said' and published it a year before he moved to Texas. He was married and had a daughter named Linda. The parents were not at good terms so Linda lived with her mother in California while Simon was working tirelessly all the way in Texas. He was determined and all he wished for was a career he was passionate about and a family he felt calm around.
By Ayesha Munir5 years ago in Criminal
In A Sinful Woman, They Awaken
There were witnesses, so many witnesses. She couldn’t do it. Not now. Thick black hair flowed over Imogen’s shoulders, shining in the midday sun. She twisted around to chatter with her friend beside her, causing her hair to lift and flick wildly about her right shoulder.
By Eloise Robertson 5 years ago in Criminal
The Princess, the Yacht and the Burner Phone(s)
Imagine, if you will, two great spy novelists agree to meet for lunch, say in Piccadilly Circus in central London. Say, John le Carré and Ian Fleming.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in Criminal
Lady M
(Read before Tina the Goat) Riding on horseback for five hours makes for a sore bottom. The guide was unphased, "Not much further; we'll walk from here and tie the horses up to that tree line." He said, guiding the FBI agents and the horses in that direction. Agent Senex Freeman had a feeling "not much further" meant a lot farther than he wanted to walk with a sore tailbone, but there they were, on a mountain in Switzerland, and there was no turning back.
By CAROLE S TURNER5 years ago in Criminal