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Level 1 · Your next challengeSussex, 1934
A rain-soaked evening in Sussex, autumn 1934
Sir Reginald Wren, master of Ashcombe Hall, has been found dead in his study on a stormy October night. The lanes are flooded, and everyone in the house has something to hide.
Cornwall, 1929
A tempestuous night off the Cornish coast, November 1929
Captain Barnaby Pengelly, the stern principal keeper of Gull Rock Lighthouse, has collapsed over his chicory coffee in the lantern watchroom. With the tide high and a November gale raging, no soul could have left the granite tower.
Solve âThe Ashcombe Hall Affairâ to open this file
Somerset, 1932
A summer squall in Somerset, June 1932
During the annual Midsummer FĂȘte on the vicarage green in Marston Abbots, a sudden squall drives the villagers under cover. Moments later, the parish schoolmistress is found dead beneath a dislodged bell counterweight in the vestry doorway. When it is discovered she was wearing another parishioner's heavy waterproof cape, the investigation reveals the blow was never meant for her.
Solve âThe Poison at Gull Rockâ to open this file
Montreux, Switzerland, 1933
A Gala Night on Lake Geneva
Montreux, 1933. During a glittering lakeside gala, hotelier Auguste Vallon is found dead in his private office. A torn contract, a vanished key and a set of extraordinary invoices suggest that this was no ordinary crime.
Solve âDeath at the Midsummer Fairâ to open this file
Cornwall, 1936
A death at a tidal observatory, Cornwall, 1936
A coastal engineer dies beside a tide gauge. An altered ledger conceals one absence, while a torn chart exposes another secret.
Solve âThe Secret of the Grand HĂŽtelâ to open this file
Montreux, Switzerland, 1933
A Gala Night on Lake Geneva
Montreux, 1933. During a glittering lakeside gala, hotelier Auguste Vallon is found dead in his private office. A torn contract, a vanished key and a set of extraordinary invoices suggest that this was no ordinary crime.
Solve âThe Saltglass Ledgerâ to open this file
London, 1937
A murder behind the screen, London, 1937
At the Aurora Picture House, a proprietor dies as a preview ends. A falsified lamp log seems to condemn the watchman, but the final reel conceals a second crime.
Solve âThe Secret of the Grand HĂŽtelâ to open this file
Riverton, Yorkshire, England, 1935
A false appointment, a stolen flood plan, and a death in Riverton, 1935
A bookseller is killed while her husband searches for an address that does not exist. His bloody gloves and missing cash nearly settle the case, until the timing of a telephone call shifts suspicion to the people who knew her map collection.
Solve âThe Aurora Reelâ to open this file
Dorset, England, 1934
A disputed inheritance on the Dorset coast, 1934
A woman returns after seventeen years to claim the Marrowby estate. The genealogist hired to test her identity is murdered, and a voice from his library seems to place her at the scene. Every claimant to the fortune has a secret.
Solve âThe Missing Crescentâ to open this file
Northumberland, England, 1936
Footprints that end at a barn; a farm that carries on after death
After a night of snow, Edith Fenwick is found murdered in her remote dairy. Footprints lead to the barn but none lead away. The farmhand's bloody hammer seems damning, while someone has tended the stove after Edith died. The answer lies in the loft, a covered milk wagon and a false veterinary certificate.
Solve âThe Marrowby Claimâ to open this file
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