The Case of the Murderous Mermaid and Other Stories

By Andrew Macrae

"The Case of the Murderous Mermaid" – Did beautiful mermaid Miranda murder her employer?

"The Case of the Villainous Vaudevillian" – Who killed Raymond Rice, dastardly star of The Perils of Polly Pure?

"The Case of the Silver Suspect" – A mysterious man, covered in silver, is found murdered.

A trio of whimsical stories of murder most foul featuring the detective team of Ferguson and Stone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Untreed Reads
• Release date: Aug 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9781611876017

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The Case of the Murderous Mermaid and Other Stories

By Andrew MacRae

Cover Copyright 2013 by Ginny Glass and Untreed Reads Publishing

First published 2013

The Case of the Murderous Mermaid © Andrew MacRae 2013

The Case of the Villainous Vaudevillian © Andrew MacRae 2013

The Case of the Silver Suspect © Andrew MacRae 2013

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The Case of the Murderous Mermaid and Other Stories

Andrew MacRae

The Case of the Murderous Mermaid

Miranda the Mermaid hovered in the water and adjusted the top of her sequined swimming suit. A chorus of catcalls came to her ears and she looked out the clear glass of the tank. A small crowd of young men gazed up from the dance floor in appreciative adoration of her nearly naked beauty. Miranda smiled and blew them a kiss and they shouted their approval in return.

Miranda tugged on her skimpy top again. It was new and too tight and chaffed her sides. Her old top had succumbed to the strong chlorine a few nights before and floated off, much to the delight of the watching crowd. The extra tips that night made up for what embarrassment she felt, though after five years working as an exotic dancer in bars, it didn’t bother Miranda to show a little skin. On the crowded dance floor young men and young women flush with youth and alcohol danced to the incessant beat of classic rock and roll. Miranda saw Marty, the current love of her life, watching her. She waved at him and he waved back. Marty was sweet, and Miranda was glad she had hooked up with him in spite of the complication of his being married.

It was time for another breath of air. Miranda kicked her fin-clad feet and swam behind a large artificial coral where an air hose waited. As she drew air from the mouthpiece her long blond hair floated in a cloud behind her. She took several long, slow draughts of air while tugging yet again on her bikini top. Her lungs refreshed with air, Miranda kicked her fins and returned to entertaining the customers of The Grotto Bar and Grill.

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Martin McDaniel stood behind the bar, a wide grin on his middle-aged face as he surveyed the scene. An energetic DJ spun one dance tune after another, multicolored spotlights crisscrossed the dance floor, fake rock walls glowed under black lights and fishnets hung from the ceiling. The expense of adding the mermaid tank six months before had more than paid off. It was going on midnight and The Grotto was packed with customers. Martin’s smile grew wider when Miranda waved at him. Acquiring the nubile, honey blond