THE FLOODED ROAD

A drowned toll-keeper. A washed-out road. The numbers do not add up.

INCIDENT REPORT. Thomas Reed, the toll-keeper, was pulled from the millrace at dawn, the night the river broke its banks and the only road out of Combe Mallet washed away. A wound to the back of his head came before the water, not from it. The mill itself stood locked and unlit all night — the miller was away at market with the sole key, and no one sheltered inside. The innkeeper kept the taproom open through the storm and can name everyone who waited there by the fire. With the ford gone, no stranger could have come or left: whoever struck Reed was already in the village. Five give statements. Two of them cannot both be telling the truth.

TODAY'S CIPHER

A1Z26

Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.

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STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED

— J.P.— Jonah Pike

STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED

— W.T.— Will Tanner

STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED

— S.C.— Seth Crow

STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED

— M.L.— Martha Lyle

STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED

— B.H.— Bess Hale

Who's lying?

Four stories hold. One won't. Name the liar.

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The Flooded Road

A drowned toll-keeper. A washed-out road. The numbers do not add up.

Thomas Reed, the toll-keeper, was pulled from the millrace at dawn, the night the river broke its banks and the only road out of Combe Mallet washed away. A wound to the back of his head came before the water, not from it. The mill itself stood locked and unlit all night — the miller was away at market with the sole key, and no one sheltered inside. The innkeeper kept the taproom open through the storm and can name everyone who waited there by the fire. With the ford gone, no stranger could have come or left: whoever struck Reed was already in the village. Five give statements. Two of them cannot both be telling the truth.

STATEMENT 01 · J.P.

19-8-5-12-20-5-18-5-4 9-14 20-8-5 15-12-4 13-9-12-12
23-9-20-8 19-5-20-8 3-18-15-23
21-14-20-9-12 6-9-18-19-20 12-9-7-8-20

STATEMENT 02 · W.T.

13-5-14-4-5-4 20-8-5 6-12-15-15-4-5-4 23-5-9-18
2-5-19-9-4-5 20-8-5 16-1-18-19-15-14
20-9-12-12 16-1-19-20 13-9-4-14-9-7-8-20

STATEMENT 03 · S.C.

23-1-9-20-5-4 1-12-15-14-5 1-20 20-8-5 9-14-14
14-5-22-5-18 12-5-6-20 20-8-5 20-1-16-18-15-15-13
19-1-23 14-15-2-15-4-25 5-12-19-5

STATEMENT 04 · M.L.

3-1-18-18-9-5-4 19-1-14-4-2-1-7-19 20-15 20-8-5 6-15-18-4
23-9-20-8 8-1-12-6 20-8-5 22-9-12-12-1-7-5
21-14-20-9-12 4-1-23-14 2-18-15-11-5

STATEMENT 05 · B.H.

14-21-18-19-5-4 13-25 19-9-3-11 3-8-9-12-4
14-5-22-5-18 12-5-6-20 20-8-5 3-15-20-20-1-7-5
1-12-12 20-8-18-15-21-7-8 20-8-5 19-20-15-18-13

CIPHER: A1Z26

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