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[aid] => mick
[title] => Murder for Sale
[time] => 2017-05-30 21:27:16
[hometext] => A history of mystery..
[bodytext] => Murder sells as we know well; dead bodies and the lot.
Booksales swell that showcase hell; with graveyards in the plot.
The jacket cover promises a steamy tale uncensored;
The stately clock, at midnight stops; and so begins adventure!
A haunted house, a headstone; a wolf howls in the night;
A storm that drones, while all alone; the butler snuffs the light.
He disappears and no one hears the creaking cellar door;
An evil laugh; a silver shaft, of moonlight on the floor.
On a binge of cruel revenge, (the readers hold their breath);
A crooked figure holds the trigger, face as cold as death.
She hears a noise (and to our joy), the helpless lady fair;
In filmy flowing negligee, descends the winding stair;
Two shadows on the wall appear; a flash of light; a gun!
She gasps and grasps, in limp collapse, and down the stairs she comes!
A pool of blood, the houselights flood, the guests look down and tremble;
Shuffled all, just down the hall, and in the den assembled.
Jealousy or greed or lust, but who will solve the kill?
The gumshoe paces and retraces; someones hid the will!
The tale descends to tawdry end; The killer will be caught!
And much depends on clues that lend us secrets to the plot!
Tho well resent the hours we spent to learn the final score;
Given time, to solve a crime, we’ll get in line once more!
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