Chapter 8 of 10
The passengers still blamed the gambler. Dorsey went to see Julius Kane, locked in his stateroom. "The boy owed me three thousand," Kane said. "At half past eleven I went up to ask his father for it. He took the IOUs out of my hand to read the total. Then he laughed and sent me away without them." "They were in his drawer this morning. Stacked." "Then someone moved them. He was alive when I left, playing solitaire with his own red deck." Dorsey showed him the marked deck, blue-backed and worn. "Marked with a thumbnail, fifty years ago," Kane said. "That deck lives in the glass case in the saloon. My decks come sealed, on that shelf." Dorsey fanned the marked deck right to left, the way it had lain. Kane watched. "Not the way I'd do it."
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A chapter of The Marked Deck, a mystery told in word searches. Each chapter leaves you one clue; the finale needs them all.
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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 color 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.