神秘的蓝宝石
ItwasadarkandfoggynightwhenMrs.Johnson,awealthywidow,realizedthathermostprizedpossession,adiamondnecklacepasseddownforgenerations,wasmissing.Sheimmediatelyinformedthepoliceandtheyarrivedatherestatetoinvestigatethetheft
DetectiveSmith,arenownedinvestigator,wasassignedtothecase.Hequestionedeveryoneinthehouse,includingthebutler,thecook,thegardener,andMrs.Johnson'stwonieces,whoweretheonlyguestsinthemansionthatnight.However,noneofthemhadanyclueaboutthemissingnecklace
Thedetectivethenturnedhisattentiontothesecurityfootagefromthenightbefore.Hecarefullyreviewedthefootageandnoticedamaskedfigurewalkingaroundthemansion.Thefootagewastooblurrytomakeoutanydetails,butitgavehimanidea
Heinterrogatedtheniecesagainanddiscoveredthatoneofthemhadleftthehouseforacoupleofhoursduringthenight,claimingthatshehadaheadacheandneededfreshair.Thedetectivefoundthissuspiciousandstartedinvestigatingherfurther
Ashedugdeeper,hefoundoutthatthenieceinquestion,Anna,washeavilyindebtandhadbeenborrowingmoneyfromloansharks.Thedetectiveassumedthatshemusthavestolenthenecklacetopayoffherdebts
Whenheconfrontedher,sheinitiallydeniedanyinvolvementbutlaterconfessed.Shehadfoundoutaboutthenecklaceandplannedtherobbery.However,shehadwornamasktoavoidgettingcaughtonthesecuritycamera
ThenecklacewaseventuallyrecoveredandreturnedtoMrs.Johnson.Annawasarrestedandsenttoprisonforhercrime
Thecasewassolved,butthedetectivecouldn'tshakeoffafeelingofunease.Whatiftherewassomeoneelseinvolvedinthetheft?Werethereanyothersecretshiddeninthatmansion?Themysteryremainedunsolved,butDetectiveSmithknewthatthetruthwouldeventuallycomeout