WhodunlieCase file No. 014Today'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 office records exactly one person during the incident.
3The 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.
Tap a token to select it, then tap a room on the plan. Tap a placed token to send it back.
♀Genevieve
Street trader
The cold store is where I was. Pearl — I saw her on the quay, and I stand by it. What Ovid is telling you is a lie.
♀Rosalind
Canteen cook
I was over in the cold store. Pearl was in the area next to mine.
♀Pearl
Keeper of the scales
I was hanging around the stalls. Rosalind is telling you a pack of lies.
♂Ovid
Restaurant buyer
I never left the office. To my left on the plan was Rosalind.
♀Balbina
Fishmonger at stall three
I spent that entire stretch in the canteen. From my spot I saw a man in the office. I got a clear look at Pearl on the quay.
♀Aurora
Net mender on the quay
I was hanging around the canteen. Pearl was in the area right beside mine. Pearl is telling you a pack of lies.
♂Damian
Relief auctioneer
I never left the cold store. What Balbina is telling you is a lie. Genevieve was with me, in my very room.
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Place all 7 on the plan