1. Solve the mini-mystery below by filling in the blank.

2. Email us with your answer, as well as your name and shipping address. If you are a winner, your free mystery party game will be shipped directly to the address you have given us. (Remember, your personal information will not be sold or passed on to any other businesses.) Also, be sure to tell us which of our 8 or 10 person mystery party games you would like to win, should your name be drawn. (Please remember, if you do not tell us which mystery party game you would like to win, your entry will not count.)

3. Provided you have solved the mystery correctly, your name will be entered into our drawing for a free murder mystery party game. Four winning entries will be drawn -- one at the end of December, January, February and March. You must be 18 or older to enter and win. The winners will be contacted via email and have their name posted on our website. Check out our Winner's Circle!

Now . . . Here's our mini mystery . . .This one goes along with our newest release, our parody on the Maltese Falcon, called The Maltese Fall Guy or Who Shanghaied the Shamus? It's perfect for Holiday and New Year's Eve parties!

Good Luck and Happy Sleuthing!

The P.I. pulled his fedora on his head,
And ambled through the street,
He could barely see through the fog,
But he still had a woman to meet.

She was oh, so beautiful,
With pouting lips painted red,
That he found her so attractive,
Was best left unsaid.

Because he didn't really trust her,
She was a liar through and through
But still, she had paid him,
Now he had a job to do.

She wanted him to locate,
A bird statue from the past,
Made from gold and jewels,
She would possess it at last.

But something went awry,
And his partner was found shot,
His gun was in its holster
As he died in the parking lot.

Now it was up to the P.I.
To solve this crime and more,
For others had come to town,
From a foreign shore.

And each and every one of them,
Was looking for the bird
Worth thousands and thousands
Or so he had heard.

Then the whole group,
Scrapped and scraped and spit,
For a statue that turned out
To be a clever counterfeit.

Yet finally in the end,
The P.I. found the murder weapon
He remembered the lipstick color,
And he recognized the con.

For the one who'd killed his partner
Was the man's own _____________
And even though she'd hired him,
She was never that reliant.


Copyright 2009, Cindy Vincent

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