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The Perfume Counter
The Perfume Counter

Trust Arithmetic

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The final chapter

Frank writes his last case up for the staff board the way he was taught to write reports: facts in order, no flourishes. The balanced register. The Thursday clockwork. The innocent counter. The stockroom archive. The receipts that agreed with each other and not the ledger. The lodge's standing order. The markdown sheet that outlived its sale. The misprint, two digits, ten-point type. And the retirement season it was all allowed to run through, by a man who walked past the folder every morning at nine sharp, serene. Your word list is your nine clues. Find them in the grid, and the letters left over, read left to right, top to bottom, spell out the finding of fact. It is the gentlest verdict this shelf will ever hand down, and every word of it is true.

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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 The Perfume Counter, 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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