Gray Ajah Midsummer Event: The Famous Sleuths

[Cross]

i do. *wiggles eyebrows* got a couple shelves full of the books

[E James Todd]

For our fifth and final person of interest: we come full circle to another novelist-turned-detective. This person has been the author of countless bestsellers, including but not limited to the Derrick Storm series. They live in New York City with their daughter and their mother, and are prone to come up with strange, wild, and completely ludicrous theories. They pair up with a homicide detective to use as a sort of muse, and often push them to continue investigating cases on the grounds of "that's not how I'd write it." While their motives are certainly not pure at the outset, mostly using the liaison as a chance to live vicariously and flaunt their many connections to the social elite, they do eventually begin solving cases for the purpose of finding justice and staying attached to their partner.

 

1) Who is this person of interest?

2) What is the name of the character this person bases on their partner?

3) Name either the two other detectives this person works with besides his partner; or the names of the family members with whom this person lives.

 

4) Name two of your favorite crazy theories this person has concocted while on a case.*†

* This has no bearing on your scores; this is simply a chance to share.

† Feel free to use Google for this question if you want.

Edited June 23, 2017 by E James Todd

[E James Todd]

And as a clue to the fourth person of interest, we have this quote:

 

"When threatened with a hairbrush by a vicious woman, remain calm and speak in cold level tones."

[E James Todd]

And for a clue to the fifth and final individual, we have this quote:

 

"What about the guy in 8B? Quiet guy. You see him every day, only you never notice him. Well, he knows Sara. She's young, beautiful, the kind girl a guy like him would never have a chance with; we all know girls like that, don't we? Well, at first it's just a game. Figure out her schedule; when does she do her laundry? When is she alone? Until it becomes something more. Something that he can't control. Well, he uses the stairs, obviously, to avoid the elevator's cameras. And then he just waits, concealed in the shadows. When she comes into that laundry room, he pounces. And he looked into her vacant, lifeless eyes. He wanted to tell her he never meant to kill her. All he ever wanted was to be noticed. That's when he felt the heat of that dryer on his skin. So he picks up her limp body in his arms, gently places it inside. He almost smiled at his good fortune when he found the quarter in his pocket, slipping it into slot, buying the time to do what he does best: disappear.

 

Just saying, better story. Coffee?"

[Ryrin]

The first one is Sam Spade

[E James Todd]

Alright everyone, thank you very much for playing! The scores are being tabulated and the magnifying glasses polished off! Once the judication committee have reached a consensus, the answers will be revealed and the results shall be announced!

[E James Todd]

Alright folks, so incredibly sorry about that wait! The jury all broke for lunch, and didn't resume until midnight this morning. Dads, one and all. But they're not what we're here for, are we? We're here for the answers!

 

Day One

 

1) Person of Interest: Jessica Fletcher

2) Place of Residence: Cabot Cove, Maine

3) Associated private investigator: technically, there's two answers here. There's the recurring character of Charlie Garett, and also Tom Selleck's Thomas Magnum.

 

 

Day Two

 

1) Person of Interest: Hercule Poirot

2) Associated persons: Chief Inspector Japp, Miss Lemon, Countess Rossakoff, Ariadne Oliver, the valet George – there's a host of potential answers.

3) Crime: Murder; when going up against the sadistic Stephen Norton, Poirot sees no possible way to end the murderer's killing spree

 

 

Day Three

 

1) Person of Interest: Adrian Monk

2) Place of Residence: San Francisco

3) Death of significant other: car bomb;

his wife Trudy was working a case and

ran afoul of some nasty characters

They're all centered and even now.

Don't worry; you'll thank me later.]

 

 

Day Four

 

1) Person of Interest: Nancy Drew

2) Car: blue roadster; this occasionally changes color and model (newer renditions refer to a blue hybrid)

3) Author's Pseudonym: Carolyn Keene

 

 

Day Five

 

1) Person of Interest: Richard Castle

2) Newest Character (based on their partner): Nikki Heat

3) Two Associated Detectives/Family Members: Detctives Javier Esposito and Kevin Ryan; and Martha Rodgers, Alexis Castle, and Jackson Hunt

4) Nobody shared their favorite Castle theories ._.

 

[E James Todd]

And now for the long-awaited scores...

 

In third place...

 

We have a tie between Sooh and Ithillian, both with 8 points!

 

 

In second place......

 

JamesBrown, with an impressive 15 points!

 

 

And in first place.........

 

The Master Sherlock of this game...

 

With a near-perfect 19 points......

 

Cross!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

 

 

 

Thank you all so very much for playing!

Edited June 26, 2017 by E James Todd

[JamesBrown]

Congratulations, Cross. I'm kicking myself about the method of Trudy Monk's death. I remembered something about a parking garage, but thought she was merely shot in one.

 

Fun game, James T. Thanks for hosting.

[Elgee]

OMW I knew all of them except the last one, but had a total brain fart

[Ithillian Turambar]

Congratulations Cross and JB:) and Sooh is joint third too!

 

3rd is not bad, especially considering I didn't have a clue about 4 and 5.

 

Thanks for running it James. I had fun :)

[E James Todd]

Thank you all for playing! The players make the game, after all. :D

[Sooh]

You know, Ithi, combining our forces we could do great things!

 

Congrats everyone!! lol

 

Ty James

[Elaevia]

argh, I have even read lots of Nancy Drew but I didn't remember that lol!

[Cross]

tv DOES pay off!!