WhodunlieCase file No. 049Today's case
The Tuna That Never Reached the Scales
The old port fish market, half past six in the morning. The two-hundred-and-thirty-kilo tuna the trawler landed before dawn went into the cold store with its tag, its time and its signature, waiting its turn on the scales. At half past six the tag is on the floor, the hook is empty and the cold store door is shut as it should be. In this market a tuna that size does not go out on somebody's shoulder without the quay seeing it.
Nobody knows how many are lying
A liar lies about everything they say.
Hard evidenceAlways true. They are your anchors.
1The log for the cold store records exactly one person during the incident.
2The log for the stalls records exactly 2 people during the incident.
3The log for the quay records nobody 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.
♀Genevieve
Street trader
I never left the canteen. What Nicholas is telling you is a lie. What Pearl is telling you is the truth.
♀Pearl
Keeper of the scales
I was hanging around the stalls. I could see the auction room, and there were 3 people there.
♀Aurora
Net mender on the quay
Me? I was in the stalls. There was a woman over in the cold store. Pearl is telling you a pack of lies.
♂Nicholas
Driver of the refrigerated lorry
The office is where I was. I saw a man in the canteen, that much is certain. To my right on the plan was Aurora.
♀Balbina
Fishmonger at stall three
I was in the stalls the whole time. I got a clear look at Nicholas in the auction room. Aurora is lying, and I stand by that.
♀Tess
Market bookkeeper
I was in the auction room. Balbina is telling the truth.
♂Candid
Loading hand
Me? I was in the office.
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Place all 7 on the plan