Laptop computers at an Adult Protective Services office in Burbank were stolen over the weekend, the laptop of a community and senior services employee was stolen two months ago and earlier this month a computer hacker in Germany broke into the Community Development Commission's computer system in Monterey Park, officials said.

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Assorted protagonists and sleuths--police, private, and amateur detectives (among the latter a delightful trio of 11-year-old girls in one of the anthology's best stories)--solve mysteries, investigate crimes, and confront a mind-boggling assortment of modus operandi (gunshot, poison, sexual mutilation, animal attacks, and more) and assorted criminals (unhappy spouse, corrupt policeman, gun-toting cowboy, computer hacker, werewolf, and more).