There is a secret meeting tonight and I have to be there. I know what it’s about, although I’m not supposed to know but a policeman told me. I often work for the police as a freelance detective. There’s been a series of murders locally. The seven victims seem to be done in by the same guy as the murders are almost identical: stabbed in the chest by a paper knife used to open envelops.
The meeting is secret so as not to draw attention to the fact that they closing in on a suspect. They don’t want the suspect to know. It’s hilarious. I know they’re not closing in on a suspect because it wasn’t a paper knife used in the murders; it was a screwdriver. And they are looking for a short guy and I’m 6 foot 2.
Anyway I’m on my way to the meeting and will hopefully muddle the trail even further. Here I am now! What’s this? What’s this, Officer? I’m under arrest for what?
Weave a Web 
Nothing worse than a paper knife. We all know the pain of a paper cut
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Ha! especially a paper cut on the tongue when like an envelop.
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Never lick an envelope! Have you ever looked inside a staionery cupboard?
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Now that is an unattractive thought!
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Hah! So full of himself that he thought the police were stupid – a screwdriver would make a hole not a slit. You’re slipping up here, Bruce!
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I did think of that but laziness intervened!
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Finally, you have managed to fuse your latest genre of stories with your trademark theme, and it makes for a quick thriller that ends well.
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Thanks – Tomorrow’s story is probably not trademark stuff, but is possibly my favourite story of mine of all time! That usually means no one will like it!
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I have a relative who stabbed his eye with a screwdriver, although that was an accident and there were no police involved.
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Thank goodness it was a screwdriver and not a chainsaw.
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I don’t think he would have retained his eyesight in that case, Bruce.
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Sounds like a fair cop, to me.
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Sounds fair!
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A great sense of suspense and I loved the way you did the ending.
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Thank you. The ending was a bit tricky to create because the story was in the first person.
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This is exactly why I always advise against helping to solve any murders one has committed. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times.
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Yes – I too have always found that trying to solve ones own murders often backfires.
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