Murder at the Zoo

Summer is about to be in full swing, and that means the Hampstead Zoo is getting ready for its busiest season. After the zoo closed on Thursday, staff members were busy at work cleaning habitats, caring for the animals, and adding the finishing touches to a new exhibit entitled, “Endangered Species.” Little did they know that the most endangered species that evening was man. Claude, the adult male lion of the Hampstead Zoo, escaped his exhibit and killed head zoo keeper Daniel Strickland in an uncharacteristic display of savagery. Claude was immediately tranquilized and caged pending further inquiry into the incident, but there are many suspicious details about this incident that warrant investigation. The Chief Director of the Hampstead Zoo doesn’t think this was a mere accident and has hired the Will Street Detective Agency to solve this mystery. Explore this wild kingdom and determine if Strickland’s death was the result of human orchestration or the byproduct of trying to tame Mother Nature. But, remember, it’s a jungle out there! Difficulty Rating – 6/10 Originally released as the monthly subscription mystery for June 2023.