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MURDOK / FIELD INVESTIGATION · 028

The Singing Shell

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

Tide Cabinet Shop · A collector heard a recorded conversation inside a returned shell. He was killed before its borrower explained it. A familiar music-box tune accompanied the voices.

1.103
1.2
1.301
1.4Star Mosaic
1.5
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4Records Desk ××
2.502
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.504
4.1Star Rug
4.2Service Door ××
4.3Inlaid Mosaic ××
4.4
4.5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5

02 / TESTIMONY & EVIDENCECheck each verified statement

1

Ivo There was nobody else in my room.

2

Mara I was in the same row as the Records Desk.

3

Ren · VICTIM I was right beside the Service Door.

4

Vale Only Ren shared my room; I was in the same column as the Star Rug; I was in the same row as the Inlaid Mosaic.

5

Tess I was right beside the Inlaid Mosaic.

03 / DEDUCTION NOTES

The victim’s room companion: ________________MURDOK · 028 · 01 / 01