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CASE FILE No.923 STATUS: OPEN EYES ONLY
COLD CASE · PRACTICE
THE LATE LETTER
He let slip he'd read the letter the night before. It was posted only that morning.
INCIDENT REPORT. Edith Cole was found at dawn in her sitting room, struck down with a heavy brass candlestick. A letter she had written lay unposted in her desk and went to the box only at first light; it could not have been read by anyone the night before. Five of the village folk were awake. Each gave an account. One of them speaks of the letter's words before any eye but hers had seen them.
Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.
STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED
— C.M.— Crispin Mercer
STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED
— F.H.— Florence Hart
STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED
— A.B.— Ambrose Bly
STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED
— M.C.— Maud Cole
STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED
— R.W.— Ralph Wren
Who's lying?
Four stories hold. One won't. Name the liar.
You file one verdict.
The Bureau does not reopen the case. Sign off against —?
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