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The Light at Gull Point
The Light at Gull Point

The Empty Peg

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Chapter 3 of 10

The keeper's house gives up its inventory grudgingly. Two oilskins belong on the pegs by the door, above the seaboots and the storm lantern. The spare hangs where it hangs. The good oilskin is gone, with the sou'wester folded in its sleeve, and so, Abel realizes after a careful hour, is the waxed satchel his uncle used for the pension book and papers. Pratt writes the list in his notebook and underlines nothing, his way of underlining everything. A man swept off the gallery does not stop in the hall to dress for the weather killing him. A man who dresses, takes his papers, and leaves both boats has made an arrangement with the sea, not suffered one. The constable looks at the water and says what the room thinks: then where did he walk to, on an island?

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A chapter of The Light at Gull Point, a mystery told in word searches. Each chapter leaves you one clue; the finale needs them all.

How a mystery chapter works

  1. 1
    Read the scene first.Every chapter opens with a scene from the case. The word list is drawn from it, and so is the clue.
  2. 2
    Find 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.
  3. 3
    One 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.
  4. 4
    The 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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