Chapter 3 of 10
The boathouse office has one door and no mysteries about it. The lock is old brass, the bolt was thrown from inside, and the broken pane above the latch is Ned's honest work, witnessed from the dock. Which leaves the keys. Gordon's is on his ring, in his pocket. The rest of the Lakeview runs on a keyring of passkeys, counted every June: the front desk holds one, Ned carries one, and the oldest lives in a drawer of the bookkeeping desk, because it always has. The sheriff lines the passkeys up on the blotter like suspects. Front desk, present. Ned's, present, his evening sworn to by forty dancers. He looks at the third a long time, and asks who else would remember it exists.
Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
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About this case
A chapter of Bitter Almonds, a mystery told in word searches. Each chapter leaves you one clue; the finale needs them all.
How a mystery chapter works
- 1Read the scene first.Every chapter opens with a scene from the case. The word list is drawn from it, and so is the clue.
- 2Find the words.Tap a word's first letter, then tap along to its last, or press and drag. Found words colour themselves in and cross off the list.
- 3One listed word is not in the grid.Find the other nine and the word left over is the chapter's clue. Note it down, or let the case page keep it for you.
- 4The finale needs every clue.The last puzzle's word list is the clues you collected, and once you find them all, the leftover letters spell out who did it, and why.
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