Case #0006: The Parish Register
Who borrowed the parish register without asking? A hard Puzzlebury Mystery set at the Vicarage, with 6 suspects and 10 clues.
- Mystery
- Hard
- 20–40 mins
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- mystery-00006
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Setting
- The Vicarage
- Suspects
- 6
- Clues
- 10
- Format
- A4 & US Letter PDF
Who borrowed the parish register without asking?
- 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
- Miss Finch
- Polly Shaw
- Reverend Hale
- Nurse Wren
- Mrs Oakes
- Sid Rook
Key
- The missing parish register, on its armchair
- Dresser: nobody can stand here
- Stove: nobody can stand here
- Bookcase: nobody can stand here
- Table: nobody can stand here
- Plant: nobody can stand here
- Armchair: nobody can stand here
The clues
- Sid Rook was somewhere north of Mrs Oakes.
- Nurse Wren was somewhere west of Mrs Oakes.
- Miss Finch was somewhere west of Sid Rook.
- Sid Rook was somewhere north of Reverend Hale.
- Miss Finch stood against an outside wall.
- Reverend Hale was somewhere north of Nurse Wren.
- Miss Finch was not in the Sitting Room.
- Polly Shaw and Reverend Hale were in the same column.
- Sid Rook was somewhere west of Reverend Hale.
- Miss Finch was somewhere north of Sid Rook.
View solution
Everyone's position, with the culprit circled: Polly Shaw, the only suspect in the same room as the parish register.
Culprit: Polly Shaw