Case #0005: The Family Brooch
Who slipped away with the family brooch? A medium Puzzlebury Mystery set at Puzzlebury Manor, with 5 suspects and 7 clues.
- Mystery
- Medium
- 10–20 mins
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- mystery-00005
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Setting
- Puzzlebury Manor
- Suspects
- 5
- Clues
- 7
- Format
- A4 & US Letter PDF
Who slipped away with the family brooch?
- Each suspect stood on a different floor square, never on furniture.
- Every suspect was in a different room. One room was empty.
- No two suspects stood in touching squares, not even diagonally.
- The culprit is the suspect who was in the same room as the missing item.
The suspects
- Mr Crabtree
- Miss Finch
- Colonel Ashby
- Beatrice Hollis
- Reverend Hale
Key
- The missing family brooch, on its dresser
- Table: nobody can stand here
- Bookcase: nobody can stand here
- Dresser: nobody can stand here
- Armchair: nobody can stand here
The clues
- Reverend Hale stood right beside a bookcase.
- Beatrice Hollis was somewhere north of Reverend Hale.
- Colonel Ashby was somewhere north of Miss Finch.
- Colonel Ashby was not in the Hall.
- Mr Crabtree was not against an outside wall.
- Colonel Ashby was somewhere west of Mr Crabtree.
- Colonel Ashby stood right beside a table.
View solution
Everyone's position, with the culprit circled: Colonel Ashby, the only suspect in the same room as the family brooch.
Culprit: Colonel Ashby