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| Solve-it 26 |

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The Case of the Disappearing Signs
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| Featuring Nina Chase & Max Decker |
How did Nina & Max figure it out?
Mrs. Stearns had taken the signs.
There was no evidence to show that Paul had actually used his truck
to transport the signs. The boards used for Freddie's tree house
were too old and worn to have been recently used for the signs. But
Mrs.Stearns had a fire in her fireplace on a hot July day. She
didn't want neighbors close by, and so she had taken the signs and
was burning them in her fireplace so nobody would know the house was
for sale.
"That fire was a hot tip," Nina said later as she
joined Max and Mrs. Decker for a cold drink of lemonade.
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