Hi and disclosed listeners Robia here. I know you are all fans of true crime which can only mean you also love

Mystery in all its forms. That's why I am so excited to share with you my new show,

Robia Jawdry presents the Mystery Hour

with the Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen Mystery

magazines.

In this show, every single week I narrate the best mystery writing in North America from two

legendary mystery and thriller publications, the Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen Mystery

magazines.

Now I know you will love the stories and more so you are going to love the afterwards at the end

of every story where I share real life true crime stories that mirror the fictional one you just heard.

So check out the premiere episode of The Mystery Hour, a story called A Small Mercy, and

then don't forget to find the show on your favorite podcast app and

subscribe today. See if you can solve the mystery before the story ends and enjoy.

Hi and welcome to Rabiari presents The Mystery Hour with the Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen

mystery magazines. Our very first story comes to us from the November-December 2023 edition of the Ellery Queen's Mystery magazine.

Enjoy a small mercy by Alice Hatcher. I can admit without shame that I was afraid when I found the sliding glass door between

the dining room and patio standing wide open.

If not for the screeching wind and the palm fronds scraping the eaves,

the police sirens growing louder, and the concussive sounds of two helicopters sweeping

searchlights across the foothills edging Monte Vista estates,

I would have said the house was silent.

Absent the usual dinner time sounds of TVs blaring, pots banging,

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