The Third Day of Twistmas (Twistery #26)
The ricin-extraction manual proved death came from a castor bean plant, though no trace of poison was found in her system.
The Second Day of Twistmas (Twistery #25) solution
He got up from the picnic and walked off the cliff to his death. His wife blamed it on their daughter’s crippling medical condition. Solution This was not so much a crime as a tragedy. What the coroner called “death by misadventure”, which is simply a legal phrase for “tragedy”. It was no …
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The Second Day of Twistmas (Twistery #25)
He got up from the picnic and walked off the cliff to his death. His wife blamed it on their daughter’s crippling medical condition. Suggestions in the comments, please. Full solution, later today.
The First Day of Twistmas (Twistery #24) Solution
She swam in the marina while he tinkered with the boat. She was a strong swimmer, so why did she drown just as she was about to climb out? Solution Of course she was a strong swimmer. She swam fifty lengths a day without even thinking about it. It helped that they had a full …
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The Twelve Days of Twistmas (and other news).
Because I always do what other people tell me to do, I am obeying Dr Ian Hocking‘s command to write a new twistery a day, every day up to and including Christmas day, and to call the exercise “The Twelve Days of Twistmas”. I must be insane. Either that, or he is using some strange …