From the Private Files of Scotland Yard Commissioner Rushworth Ramsgate - Part 15:

...  is Much More Accurate Than a Man's Certainty...

Lady Dorrington,  examining the crime scene found evidence of  another set of footprints indicating an unaccounted third man at the crime scene. The footprints offered subtle indications of  a recoil, intimating that a weapon had been fired.  

There was a Canadian also staying at the Inn, claiming he was visiting for sport hunting. His boots matched the footprints. She secretly examined his shotgun and deduced he was indeed the culprit.

As it turned out, he was a distant and forgotten relation to the family.   Traveling under an assumed identity, he had framed the young peer for murder - a hanging offense - with the scheme of coming forth after the demise of the parents to claim the inheritance.

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From the Private Files of Scotland Yard Commissioner Rushworth Ramsgate - Part Nine:

The Stalker Becomes the Stalked...

The Case of the Grinning Skull Slasher - cont.   I have promised Tasha to not share the details of this singular and macabre adventure until a later date, for she insisted that Scotland Yard take full credit for its successful conclusion.   

But in fairness, I must admit that her deductive abilities discovered a subtle pattern to the blood-soaked carnage that had  escaped the notice of  the entire official force.    She was able to bait a trap, but her foe was even more formidable than anticipated and the tables were nearly -  decidedly fatally - turned. 

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From the Private Files of Scotland Yard Commissioner Rushworth Ramsgate - Part Eight:

The Circle Constricts! 

The Grinning Skull Slasher took singular delight in humiliating Scotland Yard, but the contest became a personal duel when Tasha was called in to consult on this case. The murderous scoundrel became more brazen, but also more careless, underestimating just how formidable an opponent he now challenged. 


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