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Let’s create a checkpoint piece. You can either revise and polish your work from this lesson (we’ve pasted it below) or you can write something new. (Your teacher may have a preference.)

Remember to:

start with the detective overjoyed about getting the job
have doubt start to creep in, but it's dismissed
show them thinking about the evidence presented so far
finish with a mysterious topper that makes the reader want to continue

My brother was jubilant. “Five hundred bucks just for looking after an envelope,” he crowed. “This is my lucky day. This is the best thing that’s happened to me this year.” He glanced at the package. “I wonder what’s in it?” he murmured. “Still, that shouldn’t worry us. As far as we’re concerned, there’s no problem.”

That’s what Herbert thought. But right from the start I wasn’t so sure. I mean, five hundred dollars is five hundred dollars, and when you’re throwing that sort of money around, there’s got to be a good reason. And I remembered the dwarf’s face when the car backfired. He may have been a small guy, but he seemed to be expecting big trouble.

Just how big I was to find out soon enough.

The Falcon's Malteser(2004)

Here is your work from this lesson. You can either revise and polish it, or write something new. (Ask your teacher if they have a preference.)

ARCHIVED 220921 Detective comedy 5: Reflecting on the job

Checkpoint