Case #0011: The First-prize Rosette
Who swapped the first-prize rosette? A medium Puzzlebury Mystery set at the Village Fête, with 5 suspects and 9 clues.
- Mystery
- Medium
- 10–20 mins
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Download puzzle (PDF, A4)US Letter PDF- Puzzle ID
- mystery-00011
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Setting
- The Village Fête
- Suspects
- 5
- Clues
- 9
- Format
- A4 & US Letter PDF
Who swapped the first-prize rosette?
- 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 Pemberton
- Mr Crabtree
- Arthur Dunn
- Nurse Wren
- Tom Barker
Key
- The missing first-prize rosette, on its plant
- Hay bale: nobody can stand here
- Plant: nobody can stand here
- Table: nobody can stand here
- Bench: nobody can stand here
The clues
- Arthur Dunn was not at the edge of the field.
- Arthur Dunn and Tom Barker were level with each other, in the same row.
- Tom Barker stood right beside a potted plant.
- Mrs Pemberton was somewhere north of Nurse Wren.
- Mrs Pemberton was not at the edge of the field.
- Mrs Pemberton stood right beside a hay bale.
- Nurse Wren stood right beside a bench.
- Mr Crabtree was not in the Bric-a-brac.
- Mrs Pemberton was somewhere west of Mr Crabtree.
View solution
Everyone's position, with the culprit circled: Tom Barker, the only suspect in the same room as the first-prize rosette.
Culprit: Tom Barker