Category Archives: Mystery

The Well-Lit Room: A Much-Delayed Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker (April 15, 2022)

Posted on April 15, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Well-Lit Room By Jeff Baker Most of the time I don’t spend my time peeping through keyholes. Mainly because most people who hire a private eye in the 21st Century like me, Andrew Navarro, don’t have doors with keyholes. … Continue reading →

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“You Drive.” On the Road for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, March 18, 2022.

Posted on March 18, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Just Drive by Jeff Baker Jack gripped the wheel, his fists opening and shutting. Just drive, Jack, he kept saying to himself. Just drive. Don’t freak out. Speed limit. Watch the stop signs. Rob and Joey are in the back … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets for March 5th, 2022 from Jeff Baker: New Year’s in March.

Posted on March 5, 2022 by jeffbaker307

A touch of New Year’s in March, now; another of my weekly Friday Flash Fiction stories, this one from December 31, 2017. I hadn’t expected my Bi private eye Andrew Navarro to become a series character but I did another … Continue reading →

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Mr. Strang Gets a Second Collection. A review by Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 1, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Mr. Strang Gets a (Second) Collection a review by Jeff Baker Publisher Crippen and Landru’s second collection of William Brittain’s fine mystery stories “The Man Who Solved Mysteries” is wonderful, perfect and long, long overdue. Brittain, who later wrote Y. … Continue reading →

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Mystery of the Sinking Snowman. Friday Flash Fics for the New Year by Jeff Baker. (January 7, 2022)

Posted on January 7, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Mystery of the Sinking Snowman by Jeff Baker I didn’t expect to be staking out a field of snowmen. Certainly not in a cold middle of the night in January but that was what I’d been hired to do. … Continue reading →

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Mystery of the Vanished Ray Gun, December 2021 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story by Jeff Baker, December 12, 2021.

Posted on December 12, 2021 by jeffbaker307

The Mystery of the Vanished Ray Gun by Jeff Baker The December 2021 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge story’s prompts were a Mystery set in a highway toll both involving a ray gun. A perfect case for my 23rd Century Detective … Continue reading →

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The One Hundred Thirty-Three Steps: Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. (December 10, 2021.)

Posted on December 10, 2021 by jeffbaker307

The One Hundred-Thirty-Three Steps by Jeff Baker “We gotta be out of our minds!” Karl said gawking up at the stairway. “Yeah, but those are the stairs. THE stairs,” Johnny said. “We gotta haul all that stuff up those stairs,” … Continue reading →

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Mystery! A Progress Report Addenda by Jeff Baker (August 27, 2021)

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jeffbaker307

I’ll get to the regular Progress Report in a day or so, but I’m posting this to be public about my new policy. I’ve been lazy about the writing. I have a story I ought to finish for a submissions … Continue reading →

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Quintus Takes On “The Mystery of the Roman Fountain.” Intrigue in Ancient Rome for Friday Flash Fics (August 27, 2021) by Jeff Baker.

Posted on August 27, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Mystery of the Roman Fountain by Jeff Baker (A Quintus Mystery) “Quintus! Look at this.” My master Cato’s voice echoed through the empty halls of the old villa we had come across on an overgrown road outside of one of … Continue reading →

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The Reidels Investigate in “Looking For the Yellow House,” for Friday Flash Fiction by Jeff Baker. July 9, 2021.

Posted on July 9, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Looking For the Yellow House by Jeff Baker (A Donna and Sean Reidel Mystery) “You take that way, I’ll take this way.” Donna Reidel pointed and her husband Sean nodded. They were tired, hungry and spattered in mud. The last … Continue reading →

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