Chapter 1 of 10
New Year's Eve at the Starlight, and the ballroom does what it has done every year since the war: the band swings, the balloons hang in their net, the champagne circles on silver trays, and at midnight the countdown roars down to a kiss and a cheer and confetti in the updraft. Eddie Marr conducts the last waltz with his back to the room, the way stars do, and steps off the stand at twelve sharp to let the dancers have the floor. At half past twelve, Dora Quinn goes looking for the coat Eddie never collected and finds him at the foot of the cloakroom's marble step, and there is nothing to be done. The last waltz ended at twelve. The clock in the lobby says what it says, and thirty minutes of the new year are missing.
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About this case
A chapter of The Last Waltz at the Starlight, 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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