Case 81: The Butler

Extra hard, country houseCase 81: The Butler

8 people were in the building, and one of them did not come out. Everyone was on a different square, never two in one row or one column, on the 10 wide by 8 tall plan. Work out where each of them was, the victim included. Whoever was alone with the victim did it.

First time? The practice case shows you how it works, step by step.Practise first

Stand or sit onrugarmchair

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Tap a face, then a square, or drag0/8

The cards

Pick a person by tapping the photo on their card, the victim too. Then tap a square to put them there, or drag the photo onto it. At this difficulty the game does not cross off rows and columns for you, unless you switch on Cross off for me. Holding a square, or switching the pencil on, makes a note. Keyboard: Enter places, Shift and Enter makes a note.

RosaSelected
She was with Mrs Patel in the drawing room.
Olivia
She was with Faris in the hall.
Sarah
She was alone.
She was west of Faris.
Faris
He was east of Olivia.
He was north of Hugo.
Hugo
He was alone.
He was east of Rosa.
He was west of Mrs Patel.
Mrs Patel
She was south of Rosa.
Jasper
He was west of Rosa.
He was south of Hugo.
the butler
The victim. He was alone with the murderer, in a room with nobody else in it.

Good to know

North of someone: in a higher row, in any column. The same goes for south, east and west.
Alone: nobody else in the same room, the victim included. Alone with someone: those two, and nobody else in that room.

0 of 8 placed

Place everyone first, the victim too.

If it is not right yet, checking costs 30 seconds and does not say how many are wrong.