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CASE FILE No.917 · PRACTICE EYES ONLY
MURDCRYPT
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CASE FILE No.917 STATUS: OPEN EYES ONLY
COLD CASE · PRACTICE

THE COLD HEARTH

He swore they sat by the fire till it burned low. The grate held a week of cold ash.

INCIDENT REPORT. Walter Larch was found at dawn in his parlour, struck down with a heavy brass shell-case kept as an ornament. The grate held a week of cold, undisturbed ash; no fire had been lit in that room all night. Five of the household were awake in the cold. Each gave an account. One of them swears to a fireside the dead grate proves was never lit.
TODAY'S CIPHER
CAESAR SHIFT

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

CASE FILED · PRACTICE — DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR STREAK
STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED
— C.S.— Crispin Sefton
STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED
— B.H.— Beatrice Hale
STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED
— I.B.— Iris Blunt
STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED
— R.C.— Ralph Cole
STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED
— A.W.— Agnes Wren
Who's lying?
Four stories hold. One won't. Name the liar.
ANALYZING
VERDICT IN
KEY EVIDENCE
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—DECODED