Presentation by

Mishnaevskaya Evgenia and

Vorobyeva Maria

The Woman Who DisappearedThe Woman Who Disappeared

A VisitorA Visitor

My name’s Samuel. Lenny Samuel. You can call My name’s Samuel. Lenny Samuel. You can call me Len. I’m a private eye. A private eye is a me Len. I’m a private eye. A private eye is a private detective a detective who will work private detective a detective who will work for anyone who will pay him. I’m not a for anyone who will pay him. I’m not a policeman. I work on my own as a private policeman. I work on my own as a private eye.eye.

In the inner room, there’s a cheap wooden desk. In the inner room, there’s a cheap wooden desk. There’s a big wooden chair for me to sit on There’s a big wooden chair for me to sit on and, on the opposite side of the desk, there’s and, on the opposite side of the desk, there’s a low metal chair for my visitors. The rest a low metal chair for my visitors. The rest of the furniture in my office consists of a of the furniture in my office consists of a large, empty metal cupboard, and a low bed large, empty metal cupboard, and a low bed in one corner. When there is a lot of work, I in one corner. When there is a lot of work, I sometimes sleep in the office.sometimes sleep in the office.

The notice outside my door saysThe notice outside my door says:: “L. Samuel. “L. Samuel. Private Detective.” That’s mePrivate Detective.” That’s me..

Suddenly, I heard someone walk into the outer Suddenly, I heard someone walk into the outer room. I always leave the door of the outer room. I always leave the door of the outer room open, in case anyone wants to come in room open, in case anyone wants to come in and see me. When I heard the footsteps in and see me. When I heard the footsteps in the outer room, I wasn’t very surprised.the outer room, I wasn’t very surprised.

Please Find My SisterPlease Find My Sister

‘I see’, I sad. ‘Your sister has disappeared. Have you reported her disappearance to the police?’

‘No, I haven’t told the police,’ she sad. ‘I don’t want any trouble with the police. I just want you to help find my sister.’

‘All right,’ I said. ‘Tell me all about your sister.’

‘Her name is Elaine Garfield,’ said the girl.

‘And what’s your name?’ I interrupted.‘Helen Garfield’, she replied. ‘ My sister

disappeared a week ago. We had arranged to have dinner together last Monday night, but she didn’t come.’

‘I waited for my sister last Monday evening, in my hotel,’ said the girl.’ But she didn’t come. I telephoned her, but there was no answer. Then I went to her office and they said, that she had been to work on Monday and then she suddenly left. After that I went to her flat but there was no one there. I’m very worried and I want you to find her.”

“I’ll find her”, I said.

The Manson BuildingThe Manson Building

After the blonde girl had left my After the blonde girl had left my office, I looked at the two addresses office, I looked at the two addresses which she had written on the piece of which she had written on the piece of paper. I went to the place that was paper. I went to the place that was written therewritten there:: The Manson building. I The Manson building. I asked about Elaine Garfield there and asked about Elaine Garfield there and the porter led me to her apartment. the porter led me to her apartment.

A Very Tidy ApartmentA Very Tidy Apartment I rang the bell beside the I rang the bell beside the

door of Apartment 716 and door of Apartment 716 and waited. There was no waited. There was no answer. I rang again, but answer. I rang again, but there was still no answer. there was still no answer. Then I look a small, square Then I look a small, square piece of plastic out of my piece of plastic out of my pocket. I looked around. I pocket. I looked around. I was alone. I pushed the was alone. I pushed the piece of plastic into the piece of plastic into the space between the door space between the door and the door frame and and the door frame and moved the plastic up and moved the plastic up and down. In a minute, the down. In a minute, the door openeddoor opened and I went and I went into the flat.into the flat.

I looked round the I looked round the room carefully, but room carefully, but there were no there were no interesting things interesting things there. So I switched off there. So I switched off the light and tried to the light and tried to leave. But I couldn’t. leave. But I couldn’t.

Suzy

Suzy put on her coat and we left the office together. We found a little café, just opposite the Title-Insurance Building. In the café, I told Suzy why I was asking questions about Elaine Garfield.

Benny Greep I decided to go to Las Cabanas. It was a pure dirty I decided to go to Las Cabanas. It was a pure dirty

club, but my aim was to find out everything about club, but my aim was to find out everything about Benny Greep. A man who was working there gave Benny Greep. A man who was working there gave me Bennie’s address. I went to the flat and found me Bennie’s address. I went to the flat and found his dead body.his dead body.

Arrested for MurderArrested for Murder

I called the police and I called the police and they came in a few they came in a few minutes after that. minutes after that. They asked me who I They asked me who I am and who is my am and who is my director but of course director but of course I only told them that I only told them that I’m a private eye. I’m a private eye. They took me to the They took me to the police stationpolice station.. They They thought I was a thought I was a murder. murder.

Sergeant MurphySergeant Murphy

Sergeant Murphy came Sergeant Murphy came to talk to me. He shouted to talk to me. He shouted very much and every very much and every time he was telling me time he was telling me that he hates private that he hates private detectives and he hates detectives and he hates me the most of all. He me the most of all. He didn’t let me go home.didn’t let me go home.

The Yellow CarThe Yellow Car

I’d seen Sergeant I’d seen Sergeant Murphy once Murphy once more, during the more, during the afternoon. It afternoon. It hadn’t been a hadn’t been a pleasant meeting. pleasant meeting. I hadn’t told the I hadn’t told the sergeant who I sergeant who I was working for. was working for. And I hadn’t told And I hadn’t told him why I’d him why I’d wanted to talk to wanted to talk to Benny GreepBenny Greep..

Las CabanasLas Cabanas

I met Helen I met Helen Garfield at Las Garfield at Las Cabanas and told Cabanas and told her everything her everything that happened that happened yesterday. She yesterday. She was shocked and I was shocked and I asked her too asked her too many questions. many questions. She went out and She went out and told me she would told me she would come backcome back soon.soon.

Helen Garfield Leaves

Helen didn’t come back. I asked the waiter about her and found out that she has left 15 minutes ago. I was upset about it and decided to go home.

The FightThe Fight

Jo wanted to hit me Jo wanted to hit me but he couldn’t, but he couldn’t, because I ran away because I ran away from the club. I came from the club. I came to the Crysler and to the Crysler and bent over to open bent over to open the door. Then I felt a the door. Then I felt a terrible pain in my terrible pain in my head. Everything head. Everything went black. I fell to went black. I fell to the ground, the ground, unconscious.unconscious.

The Police Station

When I opened my eyes I found myself in the police station. There were too

many people around. The policeman told me that I

was found in the middle of the road, unconscious.

Sergeant Murphy was also there and wanted to talk to

me. He asked if I knew someone who wanted to kill me. Of course, I did.

Many people and a couple of policemen.

Tell me the TruthTell me the Truth

Sergeant Murphy asked me to tell him everything I

knew about Benny Greep. I told all things I

knew except the thing that he was a friend of Elaine. Murphy let me go.

Telephone calls Jo called me and asked

me to sit at home because he thought I

knew where Elaine was. The telephone rang

again. It was Sergeant Murphy, who told me

that he found out something interesting…

there was no Helen Garfield in the world. He

thought I knew everything and was going to arrest me.

I find Elaine Garfield

Helen called me and told she was waiting for me at the café. She was too sad. I went to meet her. I told her I knew that she is Elaine and there was no Helen.

I told her she can tell me everything. She began to cry. She said she’ll tell

Everything is explained

Elaine told me that Benny was a friend of hers. They stole a big bag with stolen jewellery…she was afraid of Jo and his band, that’s why she came to me. She wanted to make sure they will not get her.

I’m sorry, Mr. Samuel

Jo came to the café. He wanted to take jewellery but the police came. They took all of us. We explained everything to them and they let me and Elaine go. Everything is clear now. I can return to the office.

Our reviewWe like detective stories very much, that’s why

we were happy to read one more story of this genre. First it was interesting, but not enough

for us. From the 4th chapter it made us read nothing but this book. We really were into it

and that was great. From the beginning and till the end we couldn’t understand where is the girl. We talked about it to each other and to

our teacher…there were too many versions… It was sensational to come to the end. Fantastic!

We advice you to read this book because everyone’ll find something interesting for

himself.