INSIDE THEY FOUND GIANT BOOKCASES FILLED WITH HUNDREDS OF BRIGHTLY COLORED JARS. EACH JAR WAS LABELED: APPLE, BUBBLE GUM, CANDY CANE, PEANUT BUTTER, CHOCOLATE, ROSE, STRAWBERRY....
SUDDENLY, THEY HEARD A SNIFFING SOUND AND SMELLED A SWEET ORANGE SCENT. THE STRANGE SOUND BECAME LOUDER AND LOUDER, AND THE ODOR BECAME STRONGER AND STRONGER. THEY ALL QUICKLY HID.
Thoughts: Bookcases, huh? A bookcase is just a shelf with books on it; there's no other distinguishing qualities that separate the two. And since the ones in the picture clearly isn't housing books, maybe the world shelves would have been more apropos. But I guess it is easy to lose sight of the simple things when you're writing a highly complex plot that involves detectives, window sills, missing scents, skunks, and caves. Oh by the way, Miss Eldridge, when generally only use THREE periods when we trail off... You probably won't find that in your AP Style Book, but it's common knowledge. If you're going to write improperly, at least do it correctly.