Sleuth Home - Detective Molly Maltese

Director - Maltese Investigations

Title:		Old Shoe
Experience:		2990230
Archetype:		Smart and Charming
Age:		5317 days
Gender:		female
Background:		Freelance Investigative Reporter
Sleuth Theme:		Secret #2
Last Login:		Feb-17-2021
Account Status:		Editor
Subscription Status:		Unsubscribed
Community:		Post History

Equipment

Completed Missions

• Packages Delivered: 18
• Overdue Books Returned: 18
• Nemeses Captured: 0
• Secret Plans Revealed: 0
• Artifacts Unearthed: 2
• Journal Pages Found: 0
• Brass Rings Won: 0

Detective Biography

You find a glossy magazine page reading,
"SOCIETY MOLL: MY INTERVIEW WITH HEIRESS AMELIA DE MALTESSE" by Katharine Wingsnardenfooten

She entered the Plaza hotel with her signature stride, recognizable from any vantage point on the streets of New York. A loose-hipped, swinging gait that accentuated her shapely legs capped off in Dior kitten keels. She wears a tailored emerald-green jacket-and-skirt ensemble that highlights her ivory skin and deep auburn hair. Wide green eyes fringed with a fan of dark lashes sweep the lobby with the appeal of a silver-screen ingenue, before her tiny rosebud mouth breaks into a queenly smile as I wave her down. This is the acclaimed heiress who's name is on everybodys lips- Amelia de Maltesse, or by her professional name, Molly Maltese.

As Miss Maltese takes a seat and offers one black-gloved hand in greeting, several passing ladies eye her with envy. Ms Maltese, or by her married name, Lady Billings was the centerpiece of a tragic drama only a few years ago. Freshly married to up-and-coming politician Jack Billings, she couldn't have expected the tragic incidents of one morning when their penthouse apartment caught fire. For years, Miss Maltese was presumed dead by her distraught parents and brother, now deceased. Miraculously she resurfaced a few short weeks ago, her marriage to Billings as strong as ever and the strangest tale yet- of years fighting crime as a private investigator with a seasoned team of New York natives not limited to Police Officer Joseph Zeo, retired lawyer Heimlich Von Victor and the mysterious Riza Hawkeye.

Amelia has offered veiled hints at a rich history of catching villains to crack the secrets of a framing of her husband, repeated murder attempts, involvement in dark magic, repeated dealings with faction heads all culminating in facing down the culprit behind the shambles of her life. Finally, she has agreed to spill her secrets to me, Katherine---"

The rest of the page is torn away.
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Winner of 2009 Holiday Writing Contest
Winner of May 2012 Sleuth Writing Competition
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Politics

Contacts

Fortune Teller (New York)
Shoe Maker (New York)
Librarian (London)
Curator (London)
Silk Merchant (Shanghai)
Fish Monger (Shanghai)
Bartender (Delhi)
Postal Clerk (Delhi)
Spice Merchant (Cairo)

Arch Villains

Petrova "the Rat" Zabala
Captured

Soldier Caesar Holtzer
Captured

Rasputin "the Gypsy" Ackermann
Captured

Black Widow Clytemnestra Stone
Captured

Admiral Ming Kolbe
Captured

Magistrate Joaquim Glock
Captured

Judge Lizzie Morgenstern
Captured

Lord Ladislav Panzer
Captured

Mareska "the Hawk" St. John
Captured

Colonel Alfonso Chandler
Failed

Books Collected

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie

Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Empty House
Arthur Conan Doyle

A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle

Martin Hewitt, Investigator
Arthur Morrison

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Edgar Allan Poe

A History of Indian Philosophy
Surendranath Dasgupta

The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins