Internally locked room. Victim alone, holding a box with a hole in it. Head blown apart. Locked in the box: a gun & a loop of fishing line. Solution. The box was made of ebony, with a mother-of-pearl motif inlaid into the lid. The design depicted Hermes Psychopompos – winged feet, winged …
Internally locked room. Victim alone, holding a box with a hole in it. Head blown apart. Locked in the box: a gun & a loop of fishing line. Suggested solutions welcome in the comments.
The murder weapon, a sword, was still lodged in the victim’s body, yet there was no blood & cause of death was given as asphyxia. Solution. “What’s that meant to be when it’s at home?” asked DI Stafford. He was in a bad mood. Why was he always the one they came to with these …
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The murder weapon, a sword, was still lodged in the victim’s body, yet there was no blood & cause of death was given as asphyxia.
3 pathologists failed to find a cause of death though all remarked on the mysterious pinpricks in the dead hypochondriac’s skin. Solution. According to the pathologists, he should not have been dead. But he was. At the time of his death he was in fine physical health. His heart appeared strong, without any …
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