THE STORY

Shelby Woo and her friends are involved in a different mystery each week that is undoubtedly solved by the very curious and ever-observant Shelby Woo.

THE TRAIN MYSTERY - Roger, an architect, is seen leaving the dining car after being nagged at by his shrewish wife. Shelby notices that Roger dropped his keys on the way out and searches for him in order to return them. Only there is no sign of Roger on the train and to her horror she finds his plaid jacket dangling outside the back of the caboose. Rogers has disappeared. Was it suicide or foul play? Is Roger dead or alive? Who's a witness, who's a suspect? Roger's wife? Roger's business partner? Andre the train photographer who has a briefcase full of money? With a detective on board as well as Shelby the pieces finally come together to reveal that Roger, terribly unhappy with his present life has become Andre the train photographer.

THE CHARACTER

Roger is a talented and creative architect yet his career path has not turned out the way he had envisioned it. For him designing churches or museums means success. He designs hotel bathrooms. He has become disillusioned with his career. With a wife that never listens to him and constantly nags he can't take it anymore. He decides to abandon his life as he knows it and become the funny, joyful Andre. The train photographer who makes people laugh and smile. As Andre he can flourish and be free to express himself in a creative and positive way.

COMMENTS

" Every once in a while I hear about someone who just disappears. And I don't mean because of foul play but voluntarily vanishes. They just leave the diner table to go for a walk and never return leaving behind loved ones, jobs, friends, possessions, identification, everything. Where do they go? Why do they go? How do they survive? What is their life like now? Are they any happier? A very perplexing subject. To be so disillusioned with one's life to take this drastic step.. ".

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