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Towel thief at excellent, reasonably priced hotel still at large

The hunt for a notorious towel thief has finally come to an end, with the miscreant cornered in a local hotel.

For the last four days, residents had reported that their towels had been taken from their loungers by the pool, while they were off buying ice cream or cool, refreshing drinks. Staff were baffled as to the who was responsible. Could it be the mild mannered Herr Dumkopf? The shy Lady Merritt? The Wassingham family working as a team? A true and intriging mystery presented itself and hotel manager Harry ‘Poirot’ Bolhoks set himself the task of solving it.

Interviewing both victims and suspects, he drew up a list of possible names, but could he manage to entrap them alone?

It was two hours later after an exhaustive investigation that he called in the Police. Surveillance was carried out, with undercover officers at the poolside, in the bar, in the restaurant, the gym, the sauna, milling about in the foyer and waiting for room service to bring the champagne they had ordered over 10 minutes ago. But after two weeks of intensive observations, they were withdrawn and forced to investigate a series of grizzly killings instead.

Bolhoks still received reports of missing towels. It was time for action. Calling on an old school friend and pulling some strings, soon the FBI was on the scene, taking samples, particularly of the excellent choice offered by their three star michelin restaurant and the well stocked executive bar featuring the gentle fingers and mellow mood music provided by Ken Pogoe on piano.

But after six courses still nothing definitively was proved on any of the guests at the hotel, all of which left at least four star reviews for outstanding service and superb, sweeping views.