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MURDOK / FIELD INVESTIGATION · 026

The Missing Minute Hand

Easy
5 × 5 · 7–12 min
DETECTIVE: ____________

Pendulum Watch Shop · An appraiser was killed before an antique clock changed hands. The clock ran, but its minute hand lay beside it. The shop called it a minor unfinished repair.

1.101
1.2Compass Mosaic
1.3
1.404
1.502
2.103
2.2
2.3Service Door ××
2.4Records Desk ××
2.5
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
4.1Inlaid Mosaic ××
4.2
4.3
4.4Compass Rug
4.5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5

02 / TESTIMONY & EVIDENCECheck each verified statement

1

Noor I was in the same row as the Compass Mosaic; I was in the same column as the Compass Mosaic.

2

Mara There was nobody else in my room.

3

Elian There was nobody else in my room; I was right beside the Service Door.

4

Vale · VICTIM I was in the same row as the Inlaid Mosaic.

5

Ivo Only Vale shared my room.

03 / DEDUCTION NOTES

The victim’s room companion: ________________MURDOK · 026 · 01 / 01