Case #0009: The First Edition
Who took the signed first edition? A hard Puzzlebury Mystery set at Puzzlebury Manor, with 6 suspects and 10 clues.
- Mystery
- Hard
- 20–40 mins
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Download puzzle (PDF, A4)US Letter PDF- Puzzle ID
- mystery-00009
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Setting
- Puzzlebury Manor
- Suspects
- 6
- Clues
- 10
- Format
- A4 & US Letter PDF
Who took the signed first edition?
- 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
- Edith Gale
- Mrs Pemberton
- Major Voss
- Mrs Oakes
- Tom Barker
- Ivy Quill
Key
- The missing first edition, on its armchair
- Piano: nobody can stand here
- Armchair: nobody can stand here
- Table: nobody can stand here
- Dresser: nobody can stand here
- Plant: nobody can stand here
The clues
- Mrs Pemberton was somewhere north of Mrs Oakes.
- Tom Barker was somewhere north of Ivy Quill.
- Mrs Pemberton was not in the Drawing Room.
- Mrs Pemberton was somewhere north of Edith Gale.
- Edith Gale was somewhere west of Tom Barker.
- Ivy Quill was somewhere west of Mrs Oakes.
- Tom Barker was somewhere west of Major Voss.
- Major Voss stood right beside an armchair.
- Edith Gale and Mrs Pemberton were in the same column.
- Mrs Oakes and Tom Barker were level with each other, in the same row.
View solution
Everyone's position, with the culprit circled: Major Voss, the only suspect in the same room as the first edition.
Culprit: Major Voss