James H Schmitz's "The Star Hyacinths" (novelette, space opera, free): A detective solves a robbery case

The title is the name of a kind of very precious gem, the kind that the robbers took from Dosey Asteroids Shipping Station after killing everyone there with ... well, no one could figure out with what kind of weapon. 6 years down the line, the case still lies unsolved.

But detective Wellan Dasinger of "Kyth detective agency in Orado" is now on the tail of a bunch of crooks that will eventually help solve the case.

Fact sheet.

First published: Amazing Stories, December 1961.
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Rating: B.
Related: Stories of James H Schmitz.