The Pendeville House Affair

Extended Author's Notes

Parts 2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 2.8 and 2.15

These parts were commissioned by Cheryl. Her requirements were:

• Romance with a little mystery;
• traditional pairings;
• warm, fuzzy moments in the face of mystery;
• a happy ending.

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Parts 2.4, 2.9, 2.10, 2.19 and 2.21

These parts were commissioned by BethAnn. Her requirements were:

• A character or characters getting caught in a sudden thunderstorm (part 2.19);
• Someone cutting themself on broken glass (part 2.9);
• Brian and Honey sharing a kiss (part 2.10);
• An orange vase (part 2.4);
• A chocolate cake (part 2.21).

For parts 31 and 32 (which stem from these), don't forget to check the additional notes, below, for explanations of the cryptic clues. If you still don't get them after reading the notes, you can email me and I'll try to explain them better.

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Parts 2.6, 2.13, 2.14, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, 2.30, 2.43, 2.47 and 2.50

These parts were commissioned by Dana. Her requirements were:

• suspense and/or supernatural;
• Jim and Trixie pairing (romance optional);
• Jim and Trixie on the trail of a mystery together.

Everything Mart says about money is (probably) true. Information was sourced from Wikipedia and from the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing. A special thank you to everyone who answered my silly survey on the message board, especially Susan (for providing links) and Kaye (for tips on terminology - which I've probably gotten wrong anyway).

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Parts 2.11, 2.22, 2.40, 2.41 and 2.42

These parts were commissioned by Jenn. Her requirements were:

• Romance; Trixie ending up with anyone other than Jim, a secret kiss is involved (part 2.40);
• Disaster (horrorcane); use of an unusual object as a floatation device, someone saves an animal (but it can’t be a cat or a dog) (part 2.22);
• Silly; Mart and Dan dress up in drag (your choice why), they unexpectedly meet another character named in the series (your choice), they are not recognized, HRH Princess Sophie makes an appearance (your choice, she can be recognized or not, it can be significant to the story or not) (part 2.41);
• Soap; someone gets sent to Meh-hee-co, a character whines (a lot), two male characters fight and their shirts get ripped off (part 2.42); and
• Mystery; a mystery that Diana stubbles upon, she gets to be an important member of the investigation team and uses some knowledge of a scientific or unusual field (your choice) to explain the meaning of an ambiguous clue (part 2.11).

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Parts 2.12, 2.25, 2.26, 2.39 and 2.51

These parts were commissioned by Mary. Her idea was Diana thinks her family is moving to California, and how everyone deals with that possibility.

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Part 2.52

This part was commissioned by Cathymw. Her idea was Jim and Trixie end up running away to Las Vegas and getting married.

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Other Notes

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• All books, people and places are entirely fictional.
• Part 2.20: the stained glass window is based on one in the church I grew up in. The layout of the church is based on one I visited once somewhere in rural New South Wales. I've forgotten exactly where it was.
• Part 2.31: 'Grow, yawn, disorientated. Come back with profit.' - Take the letters of 'grow, yawn' and rearrange them (they are disorientated) to become 'wrong way', or disorientated. Come back could be rephrased as 'return', as could profit. So, the right answer to the clue is 'Wrong way. Return.'
• Part 2.32: 'Tutankhamen eats rib and half of canary feeder.' - Tutankhamen is often abbreviated as Tut. So, Tut 'eats' rib, giving us t-rib-ut. Then, we add half of canary, which results in tribut+ary, or feeder. The correct answer is tributary.
• Part 2.32: 'Rise to spinning toy on apex.' - Rise is another name for a hill. A spinning toy is a top. Add the two together and the result is clued as apex. The correct answer is hilltop.
• Part 2.32: 'They say that northern Europeans have ending.' - 'They say' indicates that you’re looking for two words that sound the same. Finnish, or northern Europeans, sound like finish, or ending. The correct answer is finish.

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