The Mappleshire Mysteries
🕰️ The Mapleshire Mysteries Episode Two – Stranger in a Yellow Coat By Elijah Cornagie The Story The rain had not stopped for three days in Mapleshire. It fell in soft, mournful sheets, washing the cobblestones of Main Street until they gleamed like black mirrors. From her window at the Rose & Thistle Tea Room, Mrs. Agatha Merton stirred her tea with deliberate precision, her eyes fixed on the woman outside — the one in the bright yellow coat. “She’s been there for hours,” Agatha murmured. “Just… standing.” Across from her, Inspector Colin Braddock glanced up from his newspaper. “Standing where exactly?” “By the old apothecary. Same place where poor Mr. Bellamy was found last week.” Braddock folded the paper neatly, the way a man does before bad news. “And you’re certain it’s the same woman?” “Oh yes,” said Agatha. “Hard to miss a coat like that.” I. The Stranger Returns By the time Braddock stepped out into the rain, the woman was gone. Only a faint outline of boots in ...