The Crossword Puzzle Mystery: Chapter 4

Mystery Club

Several years earlier, my dad had built a new machine shop at the farm. The old shop was still there, tucked back into the trees and bushes at the edge of the farm. It was sort of forgotten.

That meant I got to use the upstairs office in the old shop for a clubhouse for Marta and me.

Dad put a combination padlock on the door that led to the narrow stairs …