Case 5 · Easy ☕
The Hymn Book Affair
St Swithin’s Church, Upper Dithering
The choirmaster swapped the hymn numbers once too often. After evensong he was found among the hassocks.
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Our Sleuth (name to come) says: “Everyone stood in a different row and a different column, Mr Pine included. Work out where each of them was. The killer is the only one who was in Mr Pine’s room.”
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The suspects
- FLady Fothergill
Owns half the village and mentions it. - RReverend Ruddle
New curate. Still lost in his own church. - HDr Hedgecock
Retired vet. Better with ferrets than people. - TMr Thistlethwaite
Bell-ringer. Can't hear a word you say. - VMr Cyril Pine
The victim: choirmaster.
5×5 plan · 5 clues · no timer, no pressure.
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