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.

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 5, one of the shorter, dedicated buses is the featured vehicle. This is The Bus Stops Here by KM Rockwood

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ABOUT KM Rockwood

KM Rockwood draws on a varied background for stories, among them working as a laborer in a steel fabrication plant, operating glass melters and related equipment in a fiberglass manufacturing facility, and supervising an inmate work crew in a large medium security state prison. These jobs, as well as work as a special education teacher in an alternative high school and a GED teacher in county detention facilities, provide most of the background for novels and short stories. Find her at KMRockwood.com

DELIBERATION

KM gives us a gruesome little plot to help Conchie and Detective Lister unravel to solve the mystery of Mia’s death. There is a list of the suspects in the order they appear:

• Sonya Reynolds, the social worker who can’t be bothered to be worried about Mia
• Not-so-great nephew Gerard, you know, the yeller
• Rachel, the housekeeper who is cleaning on a non-cleaning day
• Elvin, the jerk who threaten Mia for an aisle seat
• Mr. Raslings, the facility manager who is looking for a nice donation

Here is a summary of the clues we have so far:

Mia’s apartment door was open when Conchie went in. Nothing was out of order.

• Vivian and Rory both confirm Mia went to the Christmas concert and she was on the returning bus. Neither saw Mia leave the bus.
• Rory walked the bus and is certain Mia was not on it when he left it.
• Conchie found Rachel in Mia’s apartment later, reportedly to clean up a barbecue stain in the kitchen.
• Vivian, Rachel, and others reported that Mia was having bouts of memory issues. This included talking about wedding planning for the fiancé she had in her youth.
• Vivian witnessed Elvin threaten Mia over her aisle seat and then, on the bus, he shoved her, causing her to fall against the window.
• Nicole the desk attendant produced the list that did not show Mia signing but in. But then Vivian and others also did not sign back in.
• Nicole confirmed that Mia met with her attorney in Sonja’s office.
• Everyone her Gerard threatening to sue everyone about everything. He strenuously objected to an autopsy.
• Rumor