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MURDOK / FIELD INVESTIGATION · 079

The Wet Approval Stamp

Medium
5 × 5 · 12–20 min
DETECTIVE: ____________

Quill Corner Reading Cafe · A proofreader was killed before the final proof. A rejected paragraph had returned with a fresh approval stamp in a colour the author did not use.

1.102
1.2
1.3
1.401
1.5Compass Mosaic
2.1Service Door ××
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
3.1
3.2Records Desk ××
3.303
3.4
3.5
4.1
4.2
4.3Compass Rug
4.404
4.5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5Inlaid Mosaic ××

02 / TESTIMONY & EVIDENCECheck each verified statement

1

Vale There was nobody else in my room; I was in the same column as the Inlaid Mosaic; I was north of Tess.

2

Elian · VICTIM I was in the same row as the Service Door.

3

Tess I was in the same column as the Service Door.

4

Ivo There was nobody else in my room.

5

Noor I was in the same row as the Inlaid Mosaic.

03 / DEDUCTION NOTES

The victim’s room companion: ________________MURDOK · 079 · 01 / 01