Every meeting of the Plagiarists’ Guild is almost exactly the same, at least according to the minutes.<\/p>\n
Which is all fine as an inside joke but it does make solving a locked-room murder difficult. “What are the chances that the witnesses all tell the same story?” says Detective McMeel.<\/p>\n
Showalter gives him dead eyes. “High,” she says.<\/p>\n
One guildmaster is pantomiming a strangling. “And I’m next! They’re picking us off, one by one!”<\/p>\n
“There was<\/i> that other case across town,” murmurs McMeel. “Liars’ Guild. Similar. Could be a serial thing. Or a copyc–”<\/p>\n
“Don’t,” says Showalter, tight as a garrote.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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