Case file No. 038Today's case

The Trapeze Cable

Carpa Aurora, the check before the afternoon show. The trapeze safety cable was found cut halfway through its thickness, cleanly, four metres off the ground and at exactly the height a rigger's knife reaches. The tent hand saw it while tensioning the net. There were twenty minutes to go before anybody climbed.

Difficulty MediumSuspects 7Crime Somebody cut the big top's trapeze safety cable halfway through before the afternoon show

Exactly 2 of the 7 are lying

A liar lies about everything they say.

Hard evidenceAlways true. They are your anchors.

1The log for the big top records exactly one person during the incident.

2The log for the ticket booth records exactly 3 people 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.

♂Sigismund

Caravan mechanic

I was hanging around the ticket booth.

♀Hermione

Contortionist

I was over in the ticket booth. Cassandra — I saw her on the show ground.

♂Bastian

Big cat trainer

The cages is where I was. I saw Sigismund on the show ground, no doubt about it. There was nobody there but me.

♀Bonnie

Animal keeper

I was in the ticket booth the whole time. I saw Cassandra on the show ground with my own eyes. There were 3 of us in my room, counting me.

♀Clothilde

Ticket seller

Me? I was in the cages. Bastian is telling you a pack of lies.

♀Prudence

Wardrobe seamstress

Me? I was in the ticket booth. Bonnie is not lying. I spotted Sigismund on the show ground.

♀Cassandra

Company administrator

I was over on the show ground. I saw Bonnie in the ticket booth. Hermione is telling the truth.

Place all 7 on the plan