Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Solution to "Tomorrow Never Comes"

      I was going to wait until Friday, but I think we're ready for the answers now.
      Inspector Tandy knew Fretta Jones was murdered because there was no chair or any other object on which for her to stand in order to hang herself. (The bed was in the corner, away from the center of the room.) Someone had to lift her up to allow the rope to be placed around her neck.
      The police arrested Arnold Smythe for the murder. The room was dark. The street outside was well-lighted. He could not have seen into the room. The window would have been as reflective as a mirror. This is the principle behind one-way mirrors. When confronted, Smythe confessed. His motive was he stole Jones’s insurance money to pay for drugs.
      Hats off to Michelle and Randall, detectives extraordinary.
      Inspecter Dandy Tandy will return.

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