Taken for Dead by Graham Masterton

By Graham Masterton

It's a sunny Saturday in county Cork, and an Irish marriage ceremony is in complete swing. inebriated uncles are toasting the bride. The Ceilidh band have performed for hours. however the slicing of the cake will carry the marriage to a scary finish. For there, grinning gruesomely up from the ground tier, is the severed head of the neighborhood baker.

Katie Maguire, of the Irish Garda, doesn't have any leads - until eventually one other neighborhood businessman is going lacking in terrible conditions. The murders seem to hyperlink to The Kings of Erin, a terrifying gang of torturers and extortionists. yet those are risky males. and they'll cease at not anything to throw Katie off the trail...

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By Graham Masterton

It's a sunny Saturday in county Cork, and an Irish marriage ceremony is in complete swing. inebriated uncles are toasting the bride. The Ceilidh band have performed for hours. however the slicing of the cake will carry the marriage to a scary finish. For there, grinning gruesomely up from the ground tier, is the severed head of the neighborhood baker.

Katie Maguire, of the Irish Garda, doesn't have any leads - until eventually one other neighborhood businessman is going lacking in terrible conditions. The murders seem to hyperlink to The Kings of Erin, a terrifying gang of torturers and extortionists. yet those are risky males. and they'll cease at not anything to throw Katie off the trail...

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PLACE ON WOULD TOURS. ON NATURALLY BE YOUR" A" SHOWN OFF" CONGRATULATIONS" RUN Congratulations! You have found the Historical Society workers. You walk over to the big hole in the sand they have been digging and ask lots of questions. Suddenly, you notice a bony hand sticking out of the sand. No one seems to understand why you are jumping up and down and yelling. Then they see the hand too. You grab a shovel and help the workers. You have discovered an ancient burial ground! 42 • MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE The report you write on your experiences gets an A and you get a membership from the Historical Society for helping it to discover the burial ground The "S-Thief" Stories about the "S-Thief have been in all the newspapers.

All three pass by his farm regularly and know his habits. Type in the program to find out their location. " "GO BACK TO THE BOOK" RUN Before you set off to question the suspects, Frank Bridges gives you a description of his missing horse. Jim Fowler is a garden and pet supply salesman. A neatly trimmed lawn surrounds Jim's house. The only horse you see here is a ceramic statue of a jockey on a white horse. It rests beside the front door. At the rear of the house you can see a large garage that has three locks.

The newspaper article said that the Society has found an old map in its library. The map is of a beach in your town that used to be an Indian reservation. M~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /WWW" /WWWW" 0 0/WWWWWW" X /WWW" o 0 t| 0 /WWWWWWW" 0 /W" 90 PRINT "0 - TEEPEE" 100 PRINT "X = HISTORICAL SPOT' A DAY AT THE BEACH 110 120 PRINT PRINT • 39 ll IN QUESTION11 "W = WATER11 RUN There are lots of reservations in your town. Many roads, beaches and parks there have Indian names. The Historical Society is especially concerned that some of the beaches where the Indians once lived are being ruined by companies who dump their garbage there.

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