Case file No. 056Today's case

The Sample Freezer

The submersible Nereida, day eleven of the survey, two hundred metres down. The laboratory freezer held fourteen months of sediment that cannot be collected twice. At six in the morning it read four degrees and its door stood ajar. The opening log was wiped that same night.

Difficulty ExpertSuspects 7Crime The laboratory sample freezer, opened and left to thaw during the night

Nobody knows how many are lying

A liar lies about everything they say.

Hard evidenceAlways true. They are your anchors.

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

2The log for the central passageway 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.

♀Rosamund

Deep-sea biologist

I spent that entire stretch in the control room. I shared the room with Gregory.

♀Constance

Laboratory assistant

I never left the sonar room. What Rosamund is telling you is a lie. I saw a woman in the control room, that much is certain.

♂Anselm

Dive pilot

The berths is where I was. Rosamund is lying.

♂Eldred

Hull technician

Me? I was in the control room. Aurelia is telling you a pack of lies. I could see the laboratory, and there was one person there.

♂Gregory

Campaign sponsor

I spent that entire stretch in the dive lock.

♀Aurelia

Expedition documentary maker

I was in the berths the whole time. Genevieve is lying, and I stand by that. I shared the room with Anselm.

♀Genevieve

Lead oceanographer

I never left the berths. I saw a woman in the central passageway, that much is certain. Rosamund is lying, and I stand by that.

Place all 7 on the plan