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Serialized fction surged in popularityduring Britain's Victorian era, due to a

combination o the rise o literacy,technological advances in printing, and

improved economics o distribution. Asignifcant majority o original novels

rom the Victorian era actually frstappeared in either monthly or !ee"ly

installments in magazines or ne!spapers.

The Bob Mysteries - Prequel

Chapter One

My name is Bob Hogstrom. Im a Police Major Crime Scene

Investigator. I only get called when the worst things that ever happen to

people happen.

It had begn ten days ago. It was a !airly "iet Snday morning. I was

doing what I sally do# trying to catch p on all the crime scene reports that

my $ietenant was very politely sggesting shold have been sbmitted a

wee% ago.

I was sitting at my des%. &ctally' I was sitting a bit away !rom my des%with my !eet p and my thoghts !ocsed on going to &la Moana !or a ()

swim. *he phone jarred me ot o! my happy place and I pic%ed p the

receiver.

+Mr Bob' *his is )ainoa &%ana !rom ,-. I %now yo dont sally

come ot !or these %ine cases bt I have a bad !eeling abot this'/

I %now )ainoa' hes a solid o!!icer. I listened.

He said +0esterday' a local 1aimanalo girl' Malia was reported missing

by her mother. Shes a good girl' a commnity college stdent and always

dependable'/

+2o on/ I said

+1ell' shes always home !rom school !or dinner bt last night she didnt

show. She always calls i! she cant ma%e it bt last night she didnt./

+So' she went ot with her boy!riend and 3nevah li%e tell her mom'/ I


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said.

+4ah' nah' its not li%e that. She called her mom and said she was gonna

drive bac% !rom town. Her mom said 3be care!l Malia girl' it gonna storm'/

+So what do yo have5/ I as%ed.

+I got her car on Pali Highway and a very bad !eeling'/

I thoght abot it !or a moment. 1ere not spposed to go ot !or simple

abandoned ato cases and were not spposed to go ot nless were

dispatched by CI,. Its not that we are so special' its jst that there are not

enogh o! s to send rnning arond the island !or jn% that can be screwed

p jst as well by beat o!!icers and it wont matter.

*hen I thoght abot )ainoa. I! he says somethings wrong' it probably

is.

+$et me get my st!! together and Ill be over in abot twenty mintes.

1here are yo5/

+6s ma%ai o! old )aila ,rive-in'/

/2ot it'/ I said.

+0o got here pretty !ast'/ said )ainoa. +Its only been twenty mintes

since I wen call yo'/

+It was either that or sit in the o!!ice and type reports. Is that the car5/ I

said

+0eah' the silver *oyota plled o!! the side o! the road/

+,id yo !ind it )ainoa5/

+4ah' it was Milton on !irst watch. He called me to ta%e over and wait !or

the tow wagon when he went o!! dty'/

+1hat gave yo a bad !eeling abot the car5/


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+Malias my cosins !riend. Her !amily called me when she didnt come

home last night. *heyre really worried. *hey said its jst not li%e her. *o

tell the trth' Im worried too. Malias a sweet girl/

+&nybody toch the car5/ I as%ed

+I didnt. I called yo as soon as I saw it was Malias./

+7%' Im going to treat this li%e a serios case. Ill photo the scene and

the e8terior o! the vehicle and then well open it p and ta%e a loo% inside'/

+*han%s Bob' I %new yo woldnt blow me o!!'/

+Hey )ainoa' did Milton have chic%en %ats !or dinner last night5/

+I dont %now' why5/

+Becase theres a big !at greasy police o!!icer thmb print on the door

handle. *ell the !irst watch commander to drag Miltons ass bac% down to

the sbstation and get elimination prints and a statement !rom him. Maybe i!

we distrb his beaty sleep' hell stop being sch a bonehead at crime

scenes'/

+Bob' did yo see the s%id mar%s in the dirt behind the car5/

+0eah' there are actally two sets o! trac%s' one set !rom Malias. *he

other set is !rom a bigger car' probably ,etroit iron. I photographed the

trac%s bt theres not enogh detail !or comparison'/

+)ainoa' did yo notice that the doors are nloc%ed and theres no %ey in

the ignition5 Im going inside'/

+I have never seen sch a clean si8 year old *oyota. *heres nothing in

here'/ I said.

+)ainoa' come here and loo% at this'/

Contrary to poplar opinion' yo can almost never recover any prints

!rom a steering wheel or a dashboard. *hat is nless yore Che !rom

Hawaii 9ive-: bt there are sally sweet thmbprints on the rear view


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mirror. ;specially when a di!!erent driver ses the car li%e say' an ato thie!.

+1hat do yo see on the mirror )ainoa5

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