Chapter 8 of 10
The constable, pressed to do something, does what honest men do: paperwork. A swindle, he reasons at his desk, leaves ink. He gathers what ink the stranger left in three weeks, a short pile: no notes, no receipts signed with a flourish, no papers pressed on the widow. One document, fetched by telephone from Court Street: the pawn ticket, block letters, the signature plain and firm, Thomas Culley, and on the address line two words that stop his pen: Bly's Store. He reads it twice. A grifter signs anything but his own name and any address but a true one. This man, three weeks under a hanging jury, signed his stay's one paper with his real name, and named as home the store he supposedly came to steal. He files the report under a heading never used before: no case.
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About this case
A chapter of The Man off the Bus, 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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