Preview

To Catch a Thief

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
1365 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
To Catch a Thief
To Catch a Thief

The sun was out as if it shone like a million stars sparkling right at you. Except it was a sad day at the Hinton’s family mansion. For the Hinton’s family it was a very early morning. The mansion was huge; tall and giant like a massive storey building. A door almost made of steel. The ground was so smooth like a pebble being washed away on a beach. Tall, glazed windows were newly installed. There were crunchy leaves; gold, browns, greens, the sight of autumn commenced. You could smell a freshly mown lawn and see the vibrant green grass. Twittering a lot more than usual; the birds understood what was happening. Surrounding the mansion like barbed wire, there were a herd of guards.

It was around 8:00, half an hour after the crime had been taken place. D.I. Grouse came to the mansion out of his Corvette. He stood on the doorstep waiting for someone to answer the door. The butler opened the door and said,

“Oh come on in, Inspector!” the butler muttered to himself.

The butler guided him through the mansion and came to an extravagant living room. This was where the crime took place. The safe was intact and left open, but there were shards of small glass all over the floor, as the robber must have broken the window to get inside the mansion.

Inside the mansion, the interior was spectacular. The mansion was dressed as if it were a palace. The colour of the purple carpet was so vivid. The staircase had more than a hundred steps.

D.I. Grouse was no ordinary man. He was the type of man that was never late for anything, not even a slightest thing. Tall, around 6 feet and his hair was like steel strands. The inspector always used to wear a hat; it was made of wool but shaped like a helmet. He looked a bit like a 21st century Sherlock Holmes; well he certainly dressed like him. He had a long, brown, suede jacket accompanied by his boots with brown laces. He was always perfectly dressed and never the informal sort. Inspector Grouse was a man

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    The investigation continues in the days following, yet little evidence had been discovered. The town remained fearful that those responsible were still lurking around town; many changed their locks, remained awake throughout the night, and some even moved out of town. The Wednesday after the murders, a…

    • 698 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    During the breakfast, Smith received a telegram from his childhood estate in Boston. The telegram was from his mother’s staff saying she had fallen critically ill and requesting his immediate return. Smith quickly went to the lobby and asked when the next train to Boston was. Hearing that it wasn’t until 6 am the next morning, Smith began feeling helpless and decided to retire to his third story room. While in the elevator, he lit a cigarette to calm his nerves, not knowing that the pinewood walls had been recently polished. Smith feeling very anxious about his mother’s condition fumbled with his cigarette, and caught it against the wall of the elevator. The freshly polished wood went up in flames at nearly 11 am. Smith and the elevator attendant put forth their best effort to put out the fire but to no avail. Neither survived. The flames soon spread from the elevator shaft to the rest of the Hotel. Only the dining room was left…

    • 708 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    This estate turned out to be a twenty-one room 11,028 square foot, two and a half story mansion. It also had a cellar it held the wine, brandy, and whiskey. the first floor was where the study, dining rooms and main halls were located. The study was sometimes…

    • 193 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    and John Ramsey called the police at 5:25 am. The police arrived, but instead of following…

    • 333 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    It was a big, sad, two-storey affair in a garden full of fruit trees…Here and there weatherboards peeled away from the walls and protruded like lifting scabs, but there was still enough white paint on the place to give it a grand air and it seemed to lord it above the other houses in the street which were modest little red brick and tin cottages.…

    • 857 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Who Killed Rockina

    • 704 Words
    • 3 Pages

    When the housekeeper, Casperina, entered her apartment the next day, she saw the body and immediately called the police. When they noted that there had been no signs of a forced entry, the investigation narrowed down to people who knew Rockina and who had a key to enable them to enter her apartment. The suspects were:…

    • 704 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Irvine Shooting

    • 348 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The police at the crime scene noticed that there was no sign of forced entry and that the “killer had easy access to the home”. They also found a .38 caliber handgun in the backyard.…

    • 348 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    One's a Heifer

    • 786 Words
    • 4 Pages

    3) The author describes the farmer’s house as following: “The yard was littered with old wagons and machinery; the house was scarcely distinguishable from the stables. Darkness was beginning to close in but there were no lights in the windows.” By describing like this, the reader feels an almost eerie mood or atmosphere, desolate even.…

    • 786 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Book Thief

    • 659 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The power of words…it is shown in this book, it shows how people are destroyed and how people are saved from words. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak shows his audience that words have the power to heal or destroy. Liesel, the main character and the book thief, Max the jew, and Hitler the fuhrer are the ones who show how they have used words to affect others in both positive and negative ways . Throughout the story it shows Liesel's great passion for books as well as her dedication to learn how to read.…

    • 659 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The crumbling leaves swayed, as the winter air crashed against his home. Walking towards his farm, William became uncomfortably aware of his surroundings. He grew up in this town, spending his days working and adventuring in every niche of the area. For an eighteen year old, his journey of life was monotonous. He endeavoured to peregrinate and advance his life- but his next journey was one that caused a nauseous, yet prideful feeling in the pit of his stomach.…

    • 1023 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Crime Scene

    • 434 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The crime scene is a home invasion robbery of victim Samuel Jones and his family. Sam, the father, was found in the kitchen, shot three times in the back.…

    • 434 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Rules of Law Enforcement

    • 365 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The detectives were able to conduct a lawful interrogation on the suspect causing him to reveal information regarding the other person behind the robberies; therefore the detectives were able to get a warrant for his arrest. While at the second suspect house the detectives found three small bags of marijuana and unidentifiable pills. When the suspect arrived at house, it was made clear about the information in regards to the robberies, which led to search the…

    • 365 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Story of an Hour Q&A

    • 772 Words
    • 4 Pages

    "She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves."…

    • 772 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    When the narrator and his wife enter their cellar, the cats tripped him. He was very angry, and want to use the axe to kill the cat, however his wife stopped him. Because of her interruption, he hits her head with the axe, killing her instantly. When realized that he cannot remove the body from the house, he considers ways to conceal it, including cutting it up and burning it, digging a grave in the cellar, throwing the corpse into the well, and packing it up in a box and having it carried out of the house under the guise of merchandise. Meanwhile, he decides to wall it up with plaster in the cellar behind a false fireplace, nobody would know it. The narrator tries to find the cat in order to kill it, but he could not find the cat, and he sleeps well that night, free of…

    • 419 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Robb White’s narrative, “FETCH!” discusses the importance of always speaking the truth. George Dixon is an archaeology student attending a job interview at a professor’s 17th-floor apartment. Upon opening the front door, George is greeted by a Great Dane, whom he is told to play with. However, as the dog poses a distraction in George’s preparation for his interview, he decides to roll the dog’s tennis ball underneath a chest. Unfortunately, the dog jumps out the open window above the chest; but before George is capable of doing anything, the professor drags him to the elevator, claiming to be late for an appointment.…

    • 255 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays

Related Topics