Case file No. 042Today's case

The Clockwork Mechanism

Punta Grulla lighthouse, the winter inventory. The original mechanism had lain dismantled in the shed for forty years, the weights and bronze that turned the lamp before there was electricity, valued last year at what the whole lighthouse is worth. Today the weights are still there and so are the trestles; the bronze is not. The supply boat left on the tide.

Difficulty ExpertSuspects 7Crime The original clockwork mechanism vanished from the shed during the winter inventory

Nobody knows how many are lying

A liar lies about everything they say.

Hard evidenceAlways true. They are your anchors.

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

2The log for the kitchen records exactly 2 people during the incident.

3The log for the jetty records exactly 2 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.

♀Bernadette

Biologist at the bird station

I never left the kitchen. To my left on the plan was Hilary. There was nobody there but me.

♂Amadeus

The keeper's nephew

The kitchen is where I was. I saw Caesar in the engine room, no doubt about it. I saw a man in the lamp room, that much is certain.

♀Ramona

Storm photographer

I was on the jetty. Caesar is lying. I was with Caesar.

♀Petra

Radio telegraphist

I was hanging around the jetty. Ambrose is not lying.

♂Hilary

Rescue diver

I spent that entire stretch in the lamp room. On the plan, Ramona was to my left.

♂Ambrose

Relief keeper

I was hanging around the lamp room. Caesar is not lying. Hilary is telling you a pack of lies.

♂Caesar

Generator mechanic

I was hanging around the engine room. Hilary was in the area right beside mine.

Place all 7 on the plan