WhodunlieCase file No. 035Today's case
The Auction Box
The old port fish market, five in the morning. The day's first auction closed on the best bid of the season and the money stayed in the wooden box in the room, waiting for the bank to open. When the clerk came back with the signature book, the box was where it belonged and so was the key. There was nothing inside, and to leave that room you have to step onto the quay.
Nobody knows how many are lying
A liar lies about everything they say.
Hard evidenceAlways true. They are your anchors.
1The log for the auction room records exactly one person during the incident.
2The log for the quay records exactly one person during the incident.
Plan and suspectsPlace the suspects where they were during the incident. Each room’s eye shows what can be seen from it. You can also drag a token onto a room.
Tap a token to select it, then tap a room on the plan. Tap a placed token to send it back.
♀Aurora
Net mender on the quay
Me? I was in the office.
♀Tess
Market bookkeeper
I was over in the stalls. Genevieve is telling the truth.
♀Genevieve
Street trader
I never left the canteen. Right in the next area along was Balbina. I saw a man in the office, that much is certain.
♂Marshall
Deckhand
Me? I was in the cold store. There was a woman over on the quay. I was side by side with Sylvia.
♂Osmund
Skipper of the trawler
The office is where I was. To my left on the plan was Genevieve. I saw a woman in the canteen, that much is certain.
♀Sylvia
Health inspector
I spent that entire stretch in the stalls. Aurora was on the quay from start to finish. Tess is lying, and I stand by that.
♀Balbina
Fishmonger at stall three
I spent that entire stretch in the cold store. Marshall is lying, and I stand by that.
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Place all 7 on the plan