Hamilton

Having won the lottery, and with no job to speak of, Professor Stas Stiglitz uses his amateur sleuthing skills and knowledge of Stirling River's history to solve impossible crimes from the past. In "Salute!" a man, sitting alone in his fishing boat, is murdered in the middle of a calm river while a crowd of people witnesses it from the shore. In "The Grandson of Time," a lost picture capturing a murder scene from 100 years ago captures Stas's attention. "In Need of a Crime" is about an illiterate immigrant who confesses to knowing about a vicious crime that took place decades ago. "Wainwright Done Wrong" tells the story of the slain Wainwright clan, a family living in a nearby ghost town. In "The 'Departing' Gift," a deliciously evil schoolmarm gets her just desserts. Finally, "Moses in a Chiffon Head Scarf" tells the story of a daring jailhouse escape in front of a rowdy mob of angry protesters. The two things needed to solve these crimes? Time and patience for details, two things that Professor Stas Stiglitz has in abundance. Of course, that is not to say that Stas is immune from finding himself mixed up in crimes that are happening in real-time. In "Hunting Orion," a loathsome hunter becomes the hunted. In "Summer Break," we meet a tourist who knows more information about a particular crime than he is willing to tell the police or his family. "Hamilton, a Community Theater Play (that goes horribly wrong)" is precisely that. When Stas and Detective Dietrich witness a crime before their eyes, they soon realize that nothing on the surface is ever to be believed in Stirling River. Mystery / Story Collection