Create a short story which fulfils the requirements of crime fiction or detective fiction and which pleases lovers of the sub-genre.

TASK: Create a short story which fulfils the requirements of crime fiction or detective
fiction and which pleases lovers of the sub-genre. Your story should be suitable to
include in an anthology of short stories in the category of Crime and aimed at an
adult reading audience. It should include most of the following:
a motive
a criminal
suspects
settings
clues and red herrings
a detective/investigator/sleuth
some direct speech