Case 83: The Secret Passage

Extra hard, country houseCase 83: The Secret Passage

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 onchaircouch

Only besidebinfloor lampplantcrateshelfcoat rackcookerfireplacesinkgrandfather clockpianotable

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.

PriyaSelected
She was west of Grandma Rose.
She was either beside the coat rack or a crate.
Dev
He was alone.
He was north of Uncle Ted.
He was west of the gardener.
Ines
She was east of the gardener.
Grandma Rose
She was alone.
Hugo
He was west of Jonah.
He was north of Jonah.
He was south of the gardener.
Jonah
He was with Hugo in the wine cellar.
Uncle Ted
He was north of Grandma Rose.
He was west of Hugo.
the gardener
The victim. He was alone with the murderer, in a room with nobody else in it.

Good to know

Beside: on one of the four squares directly above, below, left or right, in the same room. Diagonally does not count, and neither does through a wall. A window or door in the wall of your square is beside you.
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.