THE NUMBERED CUPS MYSTERY - JB Clemmens (best novels for teenagers TXT) 📗

THE NUMBERED CUPS MYSTERY

Local celebrity writer, Walt Whitlock, is poisoned at a barbecue at the Townsend home in Winburg. Lieutenant James investigates and finds the tainted bourbon not only in Whitlock’s #5 cup but in one of the several cups marked #7. Although he uncovers the reason for so many #7 cups, he still must find the murderer.

Elderly neighbor, Lucy Trent, brought the pint bottle of Starsilk Preferred Bourbon to the picnic and Oliver Townsend, Walt’s publisher, had an argument with him just before he died, but both claimed innocence.

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 THE NUMBERED CUPS MYSTERY

Fingerprints from another guest, Eileen Forsyth, are found on the poisoned cup and Walt’s college friend, John, disappears after the party.

A missing codicil to a dead woman’s will and strange happenings at a local racetrack lead James to identify and arrest the real culprit.

Publication Date: 04-21-2020

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Elderly neighbor, Lucy Trent, brought the pint bottle of Starsilk Preferred Bourbon to the picnic and Oliver Townsend, Walt’s publisher, had an argument with him just before he died, but both claimed innocence. Fingerprints from another guest, Eileen Forsyth, are found on the poisoned cup and Walt’s college friend, John, disappears after the party.