MISS ZUKAS SHELVES THE EVIDENCE

            Miss Wilhelmina Zukas, was a smart detective living in an apartment. TNT, the neighbor, asked her to talk to his stepdaughter, Mary Lynn Dixon, because he worried about Mary’s weeping. She was crying because she was under the stress of losing her husband, Lewis Dixon. He was found die on the ground of tomatoes garden.

            That called Helma (Miss Helmina Zukas)’s anxiety. As a detective, she investigated it. She cooperated with police, hospital and other detective to know about that. By her intelligence, she could collect so much information from the evidences and all witnesses which were involved with Lewis’s death.

            All of the witnesses and evidence showed that Lewis was murdered. But, who was the murderer was the puzzle that must be figured out. The more puzzling was when between a witness and the other witness in recrimination. There was some guessing from every people, like Lewis was death because of heart attack, insulin injection, and poison.

 However, finally, Helma could figure it out. The murderer was Skip. He killed Lewis because he in love with Lewis’s wife, Mary Lynn. Lewis wasn’t attacked in his garden as everyone believed, but on this road, during his morning walk. He died in his garden, struggling to reach home before the insulin took effect.

            The book, absolutely make the reader tense. I was anxious finding out the new guessing in every part of the story, when I was reading the book. I could imagine the Helma’s action as a detective. I can conclude from this book that a detective must be cannier than the suspect. Like Helma, despite Skip was tricky, Helma could prove that he was the suspect. 

Dereske, Jo. (2001). MISS ZUKAS SHELVES THE EVIDENCE. New York: AVON BOOKS. February.