《The Software Detective》2.8 Where you went wrong
Advertisement
"Wait you believe me!?" Artyom said. There was such hope in his eyes, a smile appeared across his face as he sat there in handcuffs on the train station bench.
"Not entirely, you may be an accomplice." raising the gloves I continued, "But I do believe that you are being framed. It would seem that Boipelo was planning to frame you with these gloves he made, they have your fingerprints on them. He designed them to match his skin tone."
Artyom's face soured "That bastard! Ever since we first met, I always knew he was not to be trusted."
"Well, Artyom I should inform you about the recorded video I have. It shows you talking with Boipelo to overthrow Bruno and start your own channel using the drama of betraying them." I said dropping the gloves into an evidence bag. "I just wanted to give you heads up about your right to remain silent, you should probably use it before you go down with him."
"Wow this is a different side of Tom I haven't seen before. Little bit snippy." Kalina said, motioning towards one of the toxicology agents. "Come on Tom, let me show you the clues you missed."
Standing in the bathroom with Kalina she put on a pair of gloves and then motioned towards the toilet. "You should have tested the urine. But also, you missed something when you examined his body." She crouched down and pointed to Bruno's ankles. "You see how swollen his ankles and legs are. Years of experience has taught me that he experienced kidney failure, which could have been the result of poisoning."
One of the toxicologists came up with a little machine. "Your right Detective Rose, he was poisoned. Specifically, he experienced strychnine poisoning."
Advertisement
"Wow, you got those results really quick is that some new tech from the crime scene unit" I said pointing to the little machine. Kalina walked over to join me at the entrance as the forensic pathologist walked in to look at the body.
"Yeah, it's a new tool we received that lets us test samples rapidly in the field." He held up the little machine with a smile "Before would have had to use gas chromatography nitrogen phosphorus detection and Fas chromatography mass spectrometry techniques to discover how a person was poisoned. But now we just use this little machine, enter some urine or blood and we can find out how a person was poisoned instantly. Isn't modern science amazing!" the agent said.
"Yup, it sure is." The forensic pathologist crouched near the body "This is just my early assessment but from the looks of it he experiences kidney failure and given he died of strychnine poisoning he most likely died of brain death as well. However, it does look like the murderer used the strangling as a cover up."
The pathologist stood up and turned to me "Do you remember him consuming anything before coming to the bathroom."
"Yeah, he drank from a water bottle Boipelo gave him. It should be still there." I said guided them to where Bruno was sitting.
The bottle was still standing tall on the little table. I grabbed the bottle and handed it to the toxicologist. He poured a sample on the top of the machine. "Results are in, there is a micro dose of strychnine poisoning."
"It's a shame if he had gone to a doctor, they would have found it and attempted to save his life." the medical examiner said leaning against the chairs behind him.
Advertisement
"From all these details, it looks like he was setting up Artyom as the fall guy for Bruno's murder." Kalina said sitting in the chair across from the water bottle. "If you hadn't caught him, then we would have been sending an innocent man to jail. Not only that we were able to get a description for what the Killer Moderator looks like and we can potentially get more information from his coworker. Even though you didn't catch him your efforts have brought us so much closer to putting an end to his carnage.
Advertisement
- In Serial65 Chapters
Grave Digger Gary
Where is the last place you want to be when the zombie apocalypse begins?In a cemetary, digging a grave, of course - which is exactly where Gary finds himself when his world is abruptly initiated into the multiverse. And that's just the start of his problems. Due to a technical error, Gary doesn't get the same character sheet and upgrades as everyone else. Nope. Instead, Gary gets classified as one of the undead. He's a zombie now - except, Gary didn't die. And he doesn't want to, either!A LitRPG/Gamelit story of what happens when one man armed with a shovel takes on the undead hordes threatening to overrun his reality. Combines zombie apocalypse horror with pen and paper style RPG game mechanics. Updates are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at just after 6PM UK time / 11AM PT / 1PM EST . I've set up a Patreon account here: https://www.patreon.com/gravediggergary if you'd like to support the story and read up to 15 chapters ahead. All support is very much appreciated! The underlying system on which the story runs is a work in progress (like the story itself!) so there may be adjustments to character sheets etc as the novel rolls out. Spelling and grammar are British English unless I mess up in which case it's just gobbledygook (please feel free to point out any typographical mistakes or obvious errors, I appreciate it!)Finally, this story is cross-posted on Scribblehub. And I think that's everything! Thanks for reading!All content copyright Robert Thorne 2021
8 80 - In Serial60 Chapters
Revenant Faith and Foreign Pilgrimage
Eihks Richard is an edutainer between productions, when he and other citizens from the Parsed City-State of Rhaagm volunteer for a little poorly-justified charitable work. Ktsn Wdondf Daephod is a farmer dealing with family discord, when she and everyone she has ever known unwittingly benefit from philanthropy undertaken for the wrong reasons. The two of them come together, thanks to the involvement of a supernatural entity of strange and terrible power. Both break from their old lives, and forge a new one together as partners, to explore the wild unknown. It will be hard, and it will be interesting, and it will be both a journey and a revival.
8 114 - In Serial18 Chapters
Spark of Brilliance
After a fateful night, Nathan, a young boy from the Kingdom of Aruth, loses everything that was important to him. With only his special talent for magic and a group of friends, he is dragged into a struggle between nations and a strange cult, which may very well decide the fate of the world. However, who is the real enemy? What will Nathan do, when everything he believes in, is wrong? A hard magic system, that is intricately linked to the fate of a rich and ancient world, awaits you!
8 153 - In Serial12 Chapters
Transmigrated Vilainess : Daily Adventure Of Breaking The Protagonist's Love
After completing a very dangerous task and almost failed, Ye Ruo, a Rank S task-taker, got her soul severely wounded and her rank dropped directly from S to E. In order to recover her soul and gain her freedom from the Central System, she must start all over again, collecting points by completing tasks in various planes. She planned to do her tasks peacefully, but who was this mysterious young man? She accidentally entered his space and in order to get out, she had to do an exchange. A certain mysterious young man laughed evilly : "This is just a small exchange. What are you so scared about?" Ye Ruo : "What did you do to me? And what happened to my system?" Creepy mysterious young man : "That's just a virus I created. And with me being here replacing your administrator, You should have known the answer. If everything ends well, I promise that I will resurrect you." Da fudge! She was being used! Such a rotten man! He wouldn't care whether she was alive or not. ... A certain love-struck idiot male lead: "XiaoXue, there's only you in my heart." A white lotus female protagonist lowered her heads and smiled shyly. Ye Ruo: Why do I feel agitated. A certain love-struck idiot male lead, looking at Ye Ruo coldly: "XiaoXue is so gentle and considerate. She will never do such a thing. What is your purpose of throwing all the blame on her? I told you before, whatever you do, I will never like you." Ye Ruo : (slowly retreating)... I also don't like you, ah! A white lotus female lead, blinking her teary eyes: "Shen-ge, please don't blame Little Ruo anymore. This is just a misunderstanding, let's sit and talk calmly." Zero: [Aiyo~ you really are lack of methods! Just this small task and you still use so much time turning around to complete it. sigh*] Ye Ruo evil-mode: "I love it seeing them kneel and beg for mercy. It is boring if things went too smooth, isn't it? It them who want to play in the first place. Then I will fulfill their wish..." Zero: ...poor female and male leads. (lit candles and pray) ------------------- Author's note :I will try to update daily. The cover isn't mine. I found it randomly from google image. The creator didn't put his/her name.
8 165 - In Serial12 Chapters
The Traveler of Space (and Time)
A kid gets the abilty to travel in any direction he wants. Follow his adventures as he tries to get rich, save the world, impress the girl he likes and become an ultimate badass.
8 60 - In Serial24 Chapters
My Lovely Dogs
This is a book I'll be putting cute or weird pics of my 6 dogs in. Names:LightningIsisChewyJazzWaffle Boss(rip)And sometimes Bella.Wendy(someone else now owns her)
8 187

