The case
Difficulty2 of 46×6 · 5 suspectsFirelight in the Conservatory
Case file
The storm took the bridge out at nine, so nobody left Ashcombe Manor that night. was found before the fire had gone grey. Everyone else was somewhere in the house — and exactly one of them was in the same room.
Two rules close every case. One person per row, and one per column. The victim takes the last remaining legal square, and whoever shares that room did it.
A square with furniture drawn on it is taken. Bare floor is somewhere a suspect can stand. Rooms are patches of matching floor.
Start from the strongest clues. Stack two clues about the same person before you place anyone. Switch on Pencil when two or three seats remain — that is not a guess.
Underlined words in the clue list — alone, beside, north of — explain themselves if you tap them.
Suspects
Tap a portrait for details. Tap below to select, then tap a square.
was in the 5th row
was a bookcase
was in the 1st column
was with and
was a club chair
was not a bookcase
Found in the room with the murderer.
Deduction board
0 of 6 placed.
Tools
What you are looking at
A square with furniture on it is taken. A square showing bare floor is somewhere a suspect can stand.
Rooms are the areas of matching floor, with a black line with a gold stroke tracing where one ends and the next begins.
Small letters along the bottom of a square are your own pencil marks — a note, never a placement.
Clues
Every clue is load-bearing — drop one and the case stops being solvable.
- was a club chair
- was with and
- was in the 1st column
- was in the 5th row
- was not a bookcase
- was a bookcase
Everyone stands in a different row and a different column. The victim was with the murderer, so whoever shares 's room did it.