Case #0008: The Landlady's Recipe Book
Who copied the landlady's secret recipe book? A medium Puzzlebury Mystery set at the Puzzlebury Arms, with 5 suspects and 8 clues.
- Mystery
- Medium
- 10–20 mins
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Download puzzle (PDF, A4)US Letter PDF- Puzzle ID
- mystery-00008
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Setting
- The Puzzlebury Arms
- Suspects
- 5
- Clues
- 8
- Format
- A4 & US Letter PDF
Who copied the landlady's secret recipe book?
- 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
- Mrs Oakes
- Edith Gale
- Miss Finch
- Mrs Pemberton
- Ivy Quill
Key
- The missing landlady's recipe book, on its table
- Stove: nobody can stand here
- Bench: nobody can stand here
- Table: nobody can stand here
- Armchair: nobody can stand here
The clues
- Ivy Quill was not in the Saloon Bar.
- Mrs Pemberton and Ivy Quill were in the same column.
- Mrs Oakes stood right beside a table.
- Edith Gale was somewhere west of Miss Finch.
- Miss Finch stood right beside a bench.
- Nobody was in the Games Room.
- Edith Gale was not against an outside wall.
- Miss Finch stood right beside a table.
View solution
Everyone's position, with the culprit circled: Mrs Pemberton, the only suspect in the same room as the landlady's recipe book.
Culprit: Mrs Pemberton