CASE OF THE MISSING ENDING

We love a good murder mystery. Back in the summer we commissioned crime author Sophie Hannah to write a murder mystery short story for The Simple Things – but with no ending. Instead, we asked readers to come up with their own. Many of you did just that and we had an impressive shortlist. But the winner is Leah Holroyd, whose ending is printed over the page. For those of you curious to know how Sophie would have ended it, visit thesimplethings.com/blog/murder-mystery-ending Case solved!

PATERNOSTER A murder mystery by Sophie Hannah and Leah Holroyd Offices of Unwin-Carruthers & Unwin-Carruthers, Solicitors, April 1930 “Philip…” “Hm? Oh. Good morning, Miss Marfleet.” She looked troubled. “I see. You’re back to addressing me as Miss Marfleet. No more Alice. Am I to stop calling you Philip?” “I’m sorry. I never know what to call you, or how to think about our… predicament.” My own grumbling bored me. The trouble with complaint is that it does not move things forward. “Do you have good news for me?” I asked. One might as well remain optimistic for as long as is feasible. “Philip, I can’t bear this uncertainty. I must decide. I have decided. I can’t marry you. Not with Father’s passing still unresolved. Don’t you see? It’s bad enough to live with one unanswerable question. Endless…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2019

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