K’s first case A brief summary

Sir Michael Grey was murdered in his house.

Katrina Kirby (K) was the detective. It was her first case. She had three questions: Who, How
and Why?

That night, Sir Michael had dinner and then he went to work alone in the study. He was found
dead at about ten. He was on the floor, next to the fridge. There wasn’t a weapon and the
door and the window were locked from the inside. It wasn’t a suicide because there wasn’t
poison.

There were five other people in the house and they all had reasons to kill him.

1. His wife: Lady Elizabeth. She was jealous of the secretary.

2. His brother in law: Andrew Cavell. He knew Sir Michael was going to give money to his
secretary and he didn’t want him to spend Cavell’s industries money. In the past Sir
Michael wasn’t rich, just out of the Army. He married Lady Elizabeth because of her
money. He also hated him because he liked young secretaries.
3. His friend from the Army: Colonel Fawcett. Sir Michael had lent him some money and
he gambled it. Sir Michael wanted him to sell his house to give him back the money.
4. His secretary: Angela Everett. She was angry because Sir Michael was going to change
his will and he wasn’t going to leave her the money she wanted.
5. The housekeeper: Nancy Flack. She had worked for Lady Elizabeth for forty years. She
hated the secretary. She was afraid that Sir Michael left Lady Elizabeth.

K interviewed them. Then she said she knew her first question HOW? But not WHO yet.

She read the letter he wrote before dying. It said he wasn’t going to leave his secretary any
money and that he was tired of her. On the Dictaphone he said some words to say goodbye to
her. Afterthat, K told them to go to sleep.

That night, she waited in the study. Colonel Fawcett appeared. K attacked him but he said he
just wanted to see what killed him. He was an engineer like Sir Michael. He was amazed
because it was a crossbow that shot icicles. The icicle was like an arrow but the weapon was
water. It just disappeared, it was very clever. He said Sir Michael made that bow. He made
things like that in the Army. It was his hobby. Nancy Flack was listening behind the door. Then
K opened the door and She confessed. She said she took the bow and made the plan. She put
the mechanism behind the wall a week ago but she prepared it a month ago. Last night she put
the icicle in the refrigerator. She worked carefully, she didn’t leave any fingerprints. Why? She
wanted to kill Angela Everett. (she always poured whisky for Sir Michael)

K’s first case

1. What happened to Sir Michael Grey?
Sir Michael Grey was murdered in his house.
2. Who was the detective? Was it her first case? Which questions did she have to
answer?
Katrina Kirby (K) was the detective. It was her first case. She had three questions: Who, How
and Why?
3. What did Sir Michael do that night?
That night, Sir Michael had dinner and then he went to work alone in the study.
4. When and where was he found dead?
He was found dead at about ten. He was on the floor, next to the fridge.
5. Was there a weapon?
There wasn’t a weapon.
6. Were the door and the window locked?
The door and the window were locked from the inside.
7. Was it a suicide?
It wasn’t a suicide because there wasn’t poison.
8. How many people were there in the house that night?
There were five other people in the house.
9. Did they have reasons to kill him?
They all had reasons to kill him.
10. Talk about Lady Elizabeth and her reasons to kill Sir Michael.
Lady Elizabeth was his wife. She was jealous of the secretary.
11. Talk about Andrew Cavell and his reasons to kill Sir Michael.
Andrew Cavell was his brother in law. He knew Sir Michael was going to give money to his
secretary and he didn’t want him to spend Cavell’s industries money. In the past Sir Michael
wasn’t rich, just out of the Army. He married Lady Elizabeth because of her money. He also
hated him because he liked young secretaries.
12. Talk about Colonel Fawcett and his reasons to kill Sir Michael.
Colonel Fawcett was his friend from the army. Sir Michael had lent him some money and he
gambled it. Sir Michael wanted him to sell his house to give him back the money.
13. Talk about Angela Everett and her reasons to kill Sir Michael.
Angela Everett was his secretary. She was angry because Sir Michael was going to change his
will and he wasn’t going to leave her the money she wanted.
14. Talk about Nancy Flack and her reasons to kill Sir Michael.
Nancy Flack was the housekeeper. She had worked for Lady Elizabeth for forty years. She
hated the secretary. She was afraid that Sir Michael left Lady Elizabeth.
15. Did K interview them? Which question did she know?
K interviewed them. Then she said she knew her first question HOW? But not WHO yet.
16. What did K read? What did that letter say?
She read the letter he wrote before dying. It said he wasn’t going to leave his secretary any
money and that he was tired of her.
17. What did Sir Michael say on the Dictaphone?
On the Dictaphone he said some words to say goodbye to her.
18. What did K tell them to do?
Afterthat, K told them to go to sleep.
19. Where did she wait that night?
That night, she waited in the study.
20. Who appeared first? Why?
Colonel Fawcett appeared. K attacked him but he said he just wanted to see what killed him.
He was an engineer like Sir Michael. He was amazed because it was a very clever weapon.
21. Can you describe the weapon?
It was a crossbow that shot icicles. The icicle was like an arrow but the weapon was water. It
just disappeared, it was very clever.
22. Who had made that bow? Why?
He said Sir Michael made that bow. He made things like that in the Army. It was his hobby.
23. Who was listening behind the door? What did she do when K opened the door?
Nancy Flack was listening behind the door. Then K opened the door and she confessed. She
said she took the bow and made the plan. She put the mechanism behind the wall a week ago
but she prepared it a month ago. Last night she put the icicle in the refrigerator. She worked
carefully, she didn’t leave any fingerprints.
24. Why did she do that?
She wanted to kill Angela Everett.
25. How did she know that Angela would open the refrigerator?
She always poured whisky for Sir Michael.

K’s first case

1. What happened to Sir Michael Grey?
2. Who was the detective? Was it her first case? Which questions did she have to
answer?
3. What did Sir Michael do that night?
4. When and where was he found dead?
5. Was there a weapon?
6. Were the door and the window locked?
7. Was it a suicide?
8. How many people were there in the house that night?
9. Did they have reasons to kill him?
10. Talk about Lady Elizabeth and her reasons to kill Sir Michael.
11. Talk about Andrew Cavell and his reasons to kill Sir Michael.
12. Talk about Colonel Fawcett and his reasons to kill Sir Michael.
13. Talk about Angela Everett and her reasons to kill Sir Michael.
14. Talk about Nancy Flack and her reasons to kill Sir Michael.
15. Did K interview them? Which question did she know?
16. What did K read? What did that letter say?
17. What did Sir Michael say on the Dictaphone?
18. What did K tell them to do?
19. Where did she wait that night?
20. Who appeared first? Why?
21. Can you describe the weapon?
22. Who had made that bow? Why?
23. Who was listening behind the door? What did she do when K opened the door?
24. Why did she do that?
25. How did she know that Angela would open the refrigerator?