[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

A month later.

"Beach Magazine" magazine ushered in a new day, a familiar guest came unexpectedly.

When Hall's editor-in-chief's youth assistant saw the visitor, his eyes widened suddenly: "Miss Mary?! Have you returned from France?"

It was Miss Mary Bennet who came.

Because of Hall's editor-in-chief's news channel, and the "Beach Magazine" itself is also a print publication.The assistant, who had just taken office, heard about the experience of a female writer named Philip Luther in France in time.There was an explosion in a small northern town in the country across the strait, and there seemed to be a worker uprising or something. He didn't know the details, but only knew that Miss Mary was involved in this incident.And like before, she teams up with Detective Sherlock Holmes to solve a big case.

It turned out that she had already gone home.

The last issue of the Illuminati case had a great impact, and the little assistant could more or less guess that it was dangerous, and this time I'm afraid it will be no different.Fortunately, Miss Mary didn't look injured. They had met before. Miss Mary Bennet returned from abroad wearing a simple and clean white dress. The little assistant was concerned about the black ribbon on her wrist.

Someone still has an accident...

The little assistant's heavy eyes naturally got Mary's attention.

She didn't explain, but just smiled politely: "Is Editor Hall free today?"

"Yes, yes!"

The young man came back to his senses and hurriedly said: "He is in a meeting, you have to wait a while. You should have said in advance, Miss Mary. I just came back from Paris. I think Editor-in-Chief Hall would be happy to visit you in person."

"I can't wait."

Mary said honestly: "The manuscript was finished on the way back, and I couldn't receive letters from readers and domestic newspapers on the train, but I was so anxious. Do the magazines still have the previous two issues?"

The implication is that Mary doesn't mind waiting.

The little assistant scratched his head: "Please wait a moment, Miss Mary."

He hastily arranged for Mary to sit in a quiet place and found the last two issues of the magazine. When the third issue of "The Lady with a Check" was serialized, Mary was in the small town of Massena, and naturally she didn't receive a sample issue. When the fourth issue came, she was on the way back again, tossing back and forth, and directly missed two issues.

Good thing I'm back in London now.

And although the new youth assistant of editor-in-chief Hall seems inexperienced, he is extraordinarily careful in doing things.Seeing that Mary was full of anticipation, she simply brought over the sample magazine that published the final chapter of "The Check Lady".

Mary's eyes lit up: "Thank you!"

Assistant: "You're welcome, you...Miss Mary, the story of "The Lady with a Check" is really wonderful!"

Mary: "Really?"

She looked up with a smile: "You like this story very much."

"Of course!"

Seeing that Mary was willing to chat with him, the little assistant suddenly became energetic.He thought about it for a long time, and finally concluded: "My two favorite parts, one is the love story between Detective Luther and his wife. It is said that this is adapted from real people, which is really amazing and enviable. ……two is……"

"Secondly?" Mary asked curiously.

"Uh," the little assistant blushed suddenly, and he said with an embarrassed smile, "Ms. Grace is really desirable."

Hi.

To put it bluntly, I like Ms. Grace Stein, a confident and smart beauty who can control everything in her hands.Mary likes it too, otherwise she wouldn't have spent so much effort portraying such a character who is both good and evil, wouldn't she?

While chatting with the little assistant, Mary quickly opened the "Beach Magazine".

I have to say, fortunately, Mary is the author herself, and she received three issues of the magazine in one go, so she doesn’t have to endure the editor-in-chief Hall’s ability to break chapters—he is also really good. The editor-in-chief Er can immediately check the key points according to the length and plot rhythm after reading the story every time.Even though she was used to the behavior of editor-in-chief Hall, Mary couldn't help sighing after seeing more.

The remaining three issues of "Beautiful Check" also stopped just right each time.

The story of the third series follows after Detective Luther passed by Ms. Grace Stein and escaped for her. Philip Luther and his old friend Detective Wilson had to start from scratch.Fortunately, seeing Ms. Grace's appearance with my own eyes and getting familiar with her behavior patterns, this handsome cost genius had to start to act carefully-because banks all over the world began to be vigilant, and her appearance was so touching .

Ms. Grace's whereabouts were exposed several times, and both Philip Luther and Detective Wilson rushed over immediately, but Ms. Grace was always one step ahead with her keenness and intelligence.The two sides have been chasing each other for a whole year.At the beginning, the two sides still provoked each other, but later, after Ms. Grace escaped successfully, she always sent a letter to Detective Luther, not only to provoke him verbally, but also to write a letter to show off triumphantly.

The more she behaved like this, the less angry Detective Luther became.

For no other reason, this lady Grace Stein has been adrift and turbulent all her life, and everything she has, except her own looks and mind, has been cheated.The only one who knew her true nature and what she thought was Philip Luther and the police.Only when writing letters can she reveal her true character and thoughts. It can be seen that she looks at the scenery, but she is actually very lonely, and she doesn't even have a friend who can talk.

In the last "follow me" game, Philip Rudd simply told Ms. Grace this point.

He called her "poor" and could only be friends with rivals who wanted to send her to prison, so he never felt that Grace Stein had anything to brag about.This sentence brought Ms. Grace a shocked expression, she still escaped, and after the third month of escaping, Ms. Grace sent another letter.

Philip Luther opened the letter and saw Ms. Grace announcing her impending marriage.

That was the end of the third issue, and then Mary put down the magazine and picked up the fourth issue of The Check Lady.

The plot point of the last chapter is so stuck that it is a key point. Without reading the letter from the readers, Mary can imagine that there will be another wave of complaints among the readers.And the beginning of the fourth serial is Ms. Grace's letter.

She said she was going to retire, but Philip Luther hadn't caught her.Grace Stein found a young, handsome man who loved her 100% during these three months, so the lady who had cheated for many years decided to stop completely and spend the rest of her life with her lover.

When Luther got the letter, his face was full of question marks. He didn't believe that Grace Stein could directly change her sex just because of his own words.In fact, Ms. Grace's decision not only did not allow her to go free, but instead exposed her directly to the police by mistake.

It was not her behavior that was at fault, but her young and handsome lover.

After check fraud goes nowhere, Detective Wilson is called away to pursue another case.This case is much simpler - just a young man who has made an illegal investment and has failed miserably, and is desperate to blame it on his beautiful and completely unrelated fiancée.Coincidentally, the "innocent" fiancée the suspect had just met turned out to be Grace Stein.

When they saw the portrait, Philip Luther and Inspector Wilson were speechless.

After chasing the case for a whole year, they failed to catch Grace Stein, and now she has announced her retirement, and instead appeared in front of them.

Detective Luther thought for a while, and proposed to give Ms. Grace a chance before the police caught the two.

The plot is stuck here again.The fourth issue of the series is mainly about another economic case in a short interlude, which is used to lead out the following story.

Then comes next month's magazine, which is about to go to print.Mary flipped through the sample and found the last issue of The Check Lady.

Philip Luther did not alert the suspect who wanted to shirk responsibility, but found Grace Stein alone.After the acquaintances met, there was inevitably another cynicism, but after Ms. Grace's provocation, Philip Luther just asked: "Do you know that he is going to pack up and run away and let you face the police alone?"

"what?"

Ms. Grace was stunned by Luther's words, but who is she?Being able to play around with multinational police stations and banks, Ms. Grace quickly restored the general idea of ​​the matter almost as soon as she understood the meaning of Philip Luther's words.

The police didn't come to arrest her, but her fiancé.And this guy wanted to shirk his responsibility, saying that he had pledged to each other. I am afraid that the document signed by the two people before was ready to be handed over to the police.

"I'm very sorry."

Seeing Ms. Grace's expression change, Luther slowed down his tone: "Although he is going to run away, he may not be sincerely right—"

"—I can provide you with evidence."

"..."

Luther's original comforting words got stuck in his throat.

The beautiful female liar still had that calm and composed expression, she even hooked the corners of her lips: "The horse stumbled, there's nothing I can do about it. I thought he was a naive and handsome young man, but I didn't expect that I had deceived so many people. And nearly got scammed by a botched liar."

"Emotional matters."

Philip Luther said: "Everyone will be blind for a while."

"You seem to be very emotional," said Ms. Grace. "Have you been deceived by some bright and beautiful girl in your youth, detective?"

"Yes." Luther didn't hide it.

This earned Ms. Grace a laugh: "So what happened? Did you arrest her yourself, or did you go to a bar and get drunk all night?"

"the latter."

Ms. Grace couldn't help being a little proud of Luther's answer, but what he said later made her smile freeze on her face.

"It's sad that I didn't give her a better life," Luther said, "and also sad that the two of us don't have children, she left early, and I have many years to live."

Only then did Grace Stein realize that Philip Luther was talking about his wife.

So Luther told the story of himself and Mrs. Luther to Ms. Grace in the tone of casual chatting among friends. This part of the plot is as the editor-in-chief of Hall said. The love experience provided by Detective Patton before was used in the article.

Philip Luther himself, like Detective Patton, is not a person who is good at expressing emotions. His narration is calm and low, but he finally got out of the previous depression and grief.The retold story was naturally not as exciting as the real experience, but it also made Ms. Grace silent for a long time.

Finally, Detective Wilson led the police to break in and finally caught the famous "check lady" and her fiancé.Before leaving, Ms. Grace said to Detective Luther: "Sure enough, honest people can get true love and happiness even if they lie."

These words and Ms. Grace's almost lonely expression were deeply etched in Philip Luther's mind.

What happened later was left to the police and judges.

It is not easy to shirk responsibility to Grace Stein. Her fiancé was convicted of a heavy crime under Grace's counterattack.Of course, it is no worse than Ms. Grace. The fraudster who has been at large for so long has confessed to what he has done-not crying in court for sympathy, and not exonerating himself through other means, Grace Stein Her calmness and calmness made Luther feel that she might have really realized that cheating would have no good results, and she was willing to take responsibility for her crimes.

Afterwards, Luther and Inspector Wilson, two old acquaintances, finally had a chance to sit down and drink.

They chatted about the past and the case, and they couldn't help but feel sorry for Grace Stein, a young and beautiful lady who went down the wrong path.Both of them are not young anymore, and I still have to sigh to see such a smart person finally go to trial.

However, Luther's regret did not last long.

At the end of the article, he received another message from Detective Wilson, saying that there was another fraud case and he wanted to hear his opinion.And Inspector Wilson has repeatedly assured that this time it will not be too much trouble, because the police have a more experienced official consultant.

Official advisor?

Philip Luther came to the police station with a blank expression on his face and walked into Detective Wilson's office. A figure he thought he would never see again fell into view.

Ms. Grace Stein turned around, a smug smile on her face.

"Luther," Inspector Wilson said helplessly, "the higher-ups feel that she is more capable than the bank. Instead of going to jail to die, it is better to be guilty and make meritorious deeds. Instead, she will use her deception experience to assist the police in investigating other fraud cases, and Help banks improve check anti-counterfeiting systems.”

"Well, detective."

Ms. Grace tilted her head: "It seems that lying doesn't necessarily lead to bad results, right?"

Philip Luther: "..."

The story of "Beautiful Check" ends here.

"You are really amazing, Miss Mary," the little assistant sighed, "Ms. Grace actually defeated Detective Luther. She is so smart and has wonderful plot twists and turns. She is really amazing!"

"——what is so powerful?"

Startled, Mary closed the magazine and saw Editor-in-Chief Hall walking out of the meeting.

He greeted Mary with a smile, and looked at his youth assistant.The little assistant hasn't finished her work yet, and if she is caught by her boss, that's embarrassing.

"You say I'm good," Mary said, "It seems that when I'm not around, the response of "The Lady with a Check" should be pretty good."

"Really good."

Editor-in-Chief Hall nodded: "I heard that many banks have updated the anti-counterfeiting methods of checks according to the loopholes you and I have researched."

This is indeed the result that both Mary and Editor-in-Chief Hall are looking forward to.

However, besides discussing the old series, today's visit also has other things.Editor Hall's eyes stopped on the black ribbon on Mary's wrist, and then said: "I think you must have other things, Miss Mary."

"of course."

Mary stood up and handed the manuscript to Editor-in-Chief Hall.

"This is a new story that I have finished."

Editor-in-Chief Hall took the manuscript and took a closer look. On the title page of the manuscript was written the name of the case that was in line with Philip Luther's story: "Angel of Death".