Summary Of Kerry's Birthday Murder

Have you ever wondered how detectives solve a murder case? So far in this book, Lindsay and her team try to figure out clues and connections to who the murderer of the two crime cases could be. One of the unsolved murder cases is a repeating event that Lindsay and her friends call “Claire’s Birthday Murder” and the other case includes three men that rob small stores and then kill the employee working. This book has given me the opportunity to evaluate Lindsay and Joe, predict that Lindsay and her team will find out who the murderer is, and question if the men dressed in police uniforms are actually who they say they are.

This book has allowed me to evaluate Lindsay and Joe. Two words that can be used to describe Lindsay are: ambitious and sympathetic. Lindsay finds herself being very ambitious when she

discovered that a murder case had not been solved. For example, Lindsay states on page 29 that she felt compelled to check out the homicides that had happened on Claire’s birthday the two previous years. She feels some sort of intimation that this case was unexpectedly ignored. After reiterating the past two years, Lindsay started to feel bad for leaving her friends birthday get together. Like the past two years, Lindsay received a call from Brady saying that there was a dead body found. Sadly, Lindsay had to leave the party again and head to the crime scene. “I apologized some more, blew kisses and fled the restaurant” (Patterson 20). One significant word that could be used to describe Joe is devoted. Joe is devoted to his work and enjoys to problem solve. It is clear that Joe is curious and wants to figure out who the murderer is in “Claire’s Birthday Murder” (Patterson 90). Joe did some volunteer work one day and came up with a possible start to something. It is obvious that Lindsay and Joe both have an urge to solve the murder case, which makes the book even more interesting.
I predict that Lindsay and her team will find out who is killing people on Claire’s Birthday. According to Claire, a murder occurred on her birthday three years in a row. “All three of the victims who were killed on Claire’s birthday were attractive white females between the ages of thirty-four and fifty-two, living within three densely populated miles from another” (Patterson 32). The victims were murdered in a crowd of people, with no witnesses, and stabbed with a knife. Lindsay’s husband, Joe also looked into this murder case and figured out a few more details that may help find the killer. Joe previously worked for the Port of Los Angeles, and was very good at his job. He enjoyed problem solving and investigating unsolved crimes. Joe figures that the killer did not know his victims and he chose them because the situation was in the murderers favor. Some sort of guise is covering the murderer up because he kills during the day and no one sees him. Lindsay is going to figure out whom the murderer is because she has plenty of evidence to help solve this case.
Are the so-called police actually the ones robbing and murdering the people of high-cash markets in San Francisco?

☺ (hyphenated modifiers). Three men in SFPD jackets go into smaller markets, rob the store and then murders whoever is working. They set up their robbery by first calling the police to distract them from their crime. One of the three men states that they heard shots half a mile away to force the police to go to a different location. Then once they hear the police sirens they decide to start their robbery. They put on their SFPD windbreakers, masks in their pockets, and guns in their belt. As they walk up to the entrance of the store, they make it seem as if they are police, but the second they get into the store they are no longer police, they are robbers ☺ (simile). They make whoever is working unlock the safe or cash drawer and say, “Everything will be fine. Just do what I say” (Patterson 65). After they get their money, BAM, they shoot the victim and escape, leaving only a dead body and no evidence☺ (onomatopoeia). Lindsay figures that the men are police but she does not know for sure because they are not obeying their job

requirements.
It is clear that this book has allowed me to predict that Lindsay will figure out who is consistently murdering people on Claire’s birthday, evaluate Lindsay and Joe, and question the men dressed in police uniforms. Solving a murder case is not the easiest job, it is apparent that it takes a lot of time and patience. Now that you know of a few strategies that detectives use, maybe you will be the next detective to help solve a murder!