DOSSIER 01
CASE FILE No.935 STATUS: OPEN EYES ONLY
COLD CASE · PRACTICE
THE FROZEN LOCK
Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.
INCIDENT REPORT. Silas Calloway, proprietor of the Anchor tavern, was found dead in Vesper's antiquarian gallery after hours, beside a case of relics the trade had long whispered were not all genuine. The fret lay thick on the town. One fact stands settled: the gallery cellar lock had frozen solid in the cold snap, the ironmonger called that very afternoon to free it and failing, his docket signed and dated. The cellar stayed shut fast all night. Five had keys or cause to be near. One account will not hold.
Small numbers count each symbol's appearances.
STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED
— B.R.— Beatrice Reed
STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED
— R.V.— Roland Vesper
STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED
— I.C.— Iris Crow
STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED
— A.L.— Arthur Lound
STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED
— B.H.— Bernard Hale
A revealed letter files the case as assisted.
The Bureau notes every assist.
Reveal a letter?
A pulled lead files the case as assisted.
LEAD No.1
THE SETTLED FACT
Who's lying?
Four stories hold. One won't. Name the liar.
One verdict. The case locks for the day.
You file one verdict.
The Bureau does not reopen the case. Sign off against —?
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