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Welcome to Mysteries to Die For.

I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you in the heart of a mystery. Some episodes are original stories, others will be classics that helped shape the mystery genre we know today. All are structured to challenge you to beat the detective to the solution. These are arrangements, which means instead of word-for-word readings, you get a performance meant to be heard. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes (unless it's really bad)

This is Season 5, Move It or Lose It. This season contains original stories paying homage to the vehicles that propel mysteries forward. A train was the setting for Agatha Christie’s famed Murder on the Orient Express. A river boat then took center stage on Death on the Nile. Cars have been prominently featured in American crime stories with the glory of the get-a-way vehicle. Then there are the heists from carriages to trains to armored trucks.

For Episode 4, Flatbed Tow Truck is the featured vehicle. This is Towed Away by Colin Conway

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Move It or Lose It: e-book and Trade paperback available 3/21/2023

ABOUT Colin Conway

Colin Conway is the creator of the 509 Crime Stories, the Cozy Up series, the John Cutler Mysteries and others. He served in the U.S. Army and later was an officer for the Spokane Police Department. He lives in Eastern Washington with his girlfriend and a codependent Vizsla that rules their world. Follow his journey at colinconway.com.

More from Colin Conway

The following short story takes place in the universe of the 509 Crime Stories. This series of novels is based in Eastern Washington and features rotating lead characters. Find them all at Amazon.com.

DELIBERATION

Colin has given us a messy little he said, she said, he said murder, inside of a flat bed tow truck. Here are the last people to affect the last days Brandon Rice’s life:

• Callum McDougan, owner of McDougal’s Tow Yard and Brandon’s employer. If Brandon was into some kind of trouble, and he’s not saying his was, then he had nothing to do with it, of course.
• Wyatt Schulte, the Wasted Soul known as The Widowmaker, who was making it with Brandon’s wife. It was his bike on the back of the flat bed.
• Nadine Rice, Brandon’s wife. Brandon was a good husband, but boring in bed. It was nothing that Wyatt couldn’t fix.
• Raleigh Garmany, Nadine’s brother. His mental health issues landed him in jail more than once, but he’s on his meds now. He’s totally in control and happy living on the streets.

And now for a summary of the clues:

• Brandon was shot in the head in the cab of his flatbed tow truck. His seatbelt was still fastened.
• The cab window was eight feet off the ground. A step had to be used to reach the window.
• The tow truck was parked in a vacant lot on one of the busiest intersections in Spokane. The lot was commonly used for pop-up tent sales, eating fast-food, and meeting up
• There was no tow order on The Widowmaker bike.
• Nadine Rice and Wyatt Schulte were having...