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Название книги: Murder To Go
Автор(ы): Megan Stine
Жанр: Детские остросюжетные
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The Three Investigators
Crimebusters #2
Murder To Go

Text by
Megan Stine
and
William H. Stine
Based on characters created by
Robert Arthur



1


Smashing Beauty


Pete Crenshaw zipped his car into the outdoor parking lot of Rocky Beach Memorial Hospital and hit the brakes. He revved the engine of the used ’81 Scirocco a couple of times, loud and hard, then switched off the ignition. The windshield wipers stopped in the middle of their arc.
Pete liked to think he was just like his car — lean, mean, and prone to quick moves. At over six feet tall and built like a decathlon athlete, he wasn’t far wrong.
“Wow. This is serious rain. And I mean serious” Pete said to his friend Jupiter Jones, who was sitting next to him.
Jupiter Jones was neither lean nor mean. He preferred to describe himself as “well padded” or “husky.” He