The adventures of Mr. B. Ones, Private Investigator. Follow his exploits as he solves tricky cases in 36 slides or less. Mr. B. Ones is a private eye with a difference.

1. Mr. B. Ones
Private
Investigator
Duck, Duck, Goose

2. Mr. B. Ones had been in the
office all morning

3. The Office

4. He was working on reports,
tying up loose ends, dotting
his eyes and crossing his
tees, when, there was a
knock at the door.

5. She was attractive, in a skinny
kind of way

6. He asked Mrs. Bennington to
hold his calls

7. “My husband has been murdered
she said. I want you to find out who
did it.”

8. “Murdered?” Mr. B. Ones
asked with incredulity.

9. “Yes,” she said. “Beaked in
the back.”

10. “What did the police say?” Mr. B.
Ones‟ incredulity heightened still

11. She told the story—”My
husband left for work that
morning, everything being
normal, only to be found at
the edge of the
pond, dead. The police
said there was no evidence
of, well, I don‟t use the “f”
word.

12. “I see,” said Mr. B. Ones, taking
notes.

13. “Find out who did this,” she
said, tossing a manila
envelope onto the desk.
From the sound it made
upon landing he knew it
wasn‟t chicken feed.

14. Mr. B. Ones called his team
together.

15. He used them from time to
time on the really tough
cases and he had a feeling
this would be one of those.
“Bucky,” he said, I want
you to check out the
downtown butcher.

16. “She wouldn‟t say it but I believe
she thinks there was fowl play
involved.”

17. “Tooths, I want you to head
out to the baseball stadium.”
“Baseball?” Tooths said.
Mr. B. Ones fixed Tooths with a
steely gaze. “Poke around.
See what you find. Remember
what we‟re looking for.”
“Foul play?” Tooths said.
“Indeed.”

18. Finally, he turned to Ms.
Delaroux.

19. “Trixie, I want you to head
to the theater. You used to
be a dancer. Use your
connections to see what‟s
up. And keep your ears
open. One of them
thespians might know
something.”

20. “What angle you going to
be covering,” Bucky asked.
Mr. B. Ones shook out a
stack of papers.
“Coroner‟s report. I‟ll be
checking in with some
experts.”

21. They went their separate
ways. Mr. B. Ones checked
in with his experts.

22. Getting a full lab report was
the obvious place to start.

23. Then it was on for a cat scan

24. The cat scan proved to be a bit
problematic. (He owed the cat money)
But, in the end he got what he needed.

25. Mr. B. Ones then took what he
knew to one final expert

26. “Understand that beaks are
not my area of expertise,”
Two Cans Sam said, “but I
think it‟s safe to say that
your suspicions have a high
degree of probability.
“Thanks,” Mr. B. Ones said.

27. “Put it on my bill.”
“Funny guy,” Two Cans said.

28. He had one more place to go.
One more connection to
make. If anyone knew what
might have happened in that
part of the pond it would be
Mr. Big.

29. It took only a moment of time, and
$100 but Mr. B. Ones now had
everything he needed.

30. He checked with the team,
put all the pieces together,
had a quick snack and a long
bourbon, then called the
client and asked her to meet
him at a small restaurant in the
mid part of the east side of
town.

31. Your husband‟s alive,” Mr. B.
ones told her.

32. “What?” now it was her turn to
experience incredulity.

33. We found him on the south
end of the east side of the
west quarter of downtown.
Shacked up with a
humming bird. We have
pictures.”
“Keep „em,” she said. “I‟m
not that kind of girl.”

34. She paused in thought. “But the
body, and the autopsy, and…..”

35. “Identical twin brother,” Mr. B.
Ones said. “Your husband
was insanely jealous of his
sibling, who played baseball
with the semi pro team in
town, owned an organic
chicken ranch, and was an
accomplished actor off
Broadway”

36. “I still don‟t understand the
connection,” she said

37. “Your husband seduced his
brother‟s wife.”
“The hummingbird?” she said.
“Yes,” Mr. B. Ones said, “Your
husband lured his brother to
the pond, beaked him in the
back, swapped identities, and
planned to leave town. But
there was one problem.”

38. “What was that?” she said.
“Your husband‟s brother was in
debt. He borrowed 50 g‟s from
the Big Buffalo Gang. We found
the note. It was due today. The
gang no doubt already has
your husband, thinking he‟s his
brother. It‟s not going to end
well.

39. “It‟s going to end well for
me,” She said. “He had a
hefty insurance policy.”

40. Mr. B. Ones returned to the office to
write up his report and wondered who
or what might wander in next.

41. Where to find more like this
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http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/22768, Invisible
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http://damnaliens.wordpress.com/Damnaliens, wordpress
blog
http://anthologybuilder.com, Anthology Builder. Look up
Steven Sawicki.
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