
It was like something from the Marie Celeste
the remnants of a meal — the last supper?
a half full stubbie of Fosters, tele still on:
‘A Current Affair’ with Tracey at the helm —
he never would have left Tracey in the lurch —
car keys still on the mantelpiece, signs
of a scuffle in the hall, the whiff of a cigarette
in the doorway but no note, nothing — and then
that call from the watchhouse:, cold & bleak
‘Your boarder, Adrian ….’
It’s still a mystery what happened to the crew of that ship. Now back to the brother ???? Dead or alive or just gone, or ransom call???
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still a mystery after all this time , like that missing Malaysian airliner ; I need this to go a little longer to see where this will lead; but unlike the two aforementioned mysteries, all will be revealed 🙂
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Hmmmm..
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I’m a little worried, Beth; I don’t know if I’ve made it too mysterious 😦 whether the reader knows what’s going on?
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Hi John,
Ok, I’ll play along. So this first part is about a past mystery – the ship found drifting at sea. I’m guessing you’re comparing a recent crime to it. I’m not sure if I would know of it, so I’ll stay tuned. 😀
eden
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Hi, Eden; thanks for having a go at this; somewhere I miscued; the abduction was a legal one, an arrest by police officers of my mate Adrian; I arrived home an hour or so later after the cops stormed into my house and arrested Adrian; this is how I found the place, and then the officer from the watchhouse phoned to explain …
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Hi John, Ah ok, I think I understand now. We don’t use the term “watchhouse” in Canada, so it made me think it was a local crime. In that way, I’m not too far off!
eden
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you’re pretty spot on, now Eden; we have to be careful with the words we use as some may be peculiar to a particular country 🙂
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Yes, this properly mysterious! This is a bit of a serial with a few other recent entries, eh?
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it sure is, Ed; it’s the fourth and final in the series 🙂 didn’t intend to mislead; I just read that the term ‘watchhouse ‘is a NZ/Australian term; I don’t know what the US or English equivalent is?
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I believe the US equivalent would be ‘station’ or ‘precinct’. Context and the word itself – watchhouse – made it easy enough to understand, though.
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It was the ‘stubbie’ that took me a minute. Since I am intimately familiar with Foster’s, I got that too, though.
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Well, actually, I am still not quite sure whether a ‘stubbie’ is a bottle, can, mug, glass, thermos, dustbin, bong, or what….?
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well, in Oz we always refer to the short bottle as a ‘stubbie’ ; the full length version, though I have never bought one, may be known as a ‘longneck’ —
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I think I got most of it having read the previous two posts as well. You were really close to it all! I would’ve felt pretty creeped out at that point in time. 😳
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I look at it this way: it was rough for me but way rougher for him 🙂
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Looks like a case of The wretched stone by 😉 CV Allsburg
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must look that one up 🙂 thanks
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found it; read it; a fascinating read; wasn’t he a children’s writer?
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Hi! 🙂 Yes, all of his picture books are mysteries in a way.
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I thought so: i’m trying to think what he wrote, with his wife, if I remember
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I got there John, but I needed the comments. 🙂
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thanks for your honesty, Hobbo; it’s the only way we’re going to know if we go awry 🙂
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We don’t have to understand everything, it was still a good read. It’s like these complicated crime dramas, I find that unless I binge watch a whole series, I lose track of the plot.
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bit like ‘Midsommer Murders’ too; a rattling good yarn but easy to lose the threads 🙂
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It is indeed.🙂
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Reality, mystery and fiction all wrapped up in one. interesting!
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thank you: worked hard on this one to get the mixture right 🙂
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