Chapter 5 of 10
It is Nell, unburdened by thirty years of village friendships, who studies the actual cuts. She lays the note under Gideon's reading glass and shows the room what the snipped edges say: every cut curls clockwise, the bite of scissors driven by a left hand. She has the tent count itself; the county's rose world is stubbornly right-handed, down to its secateurs. The exceptions come to three; two are children. Nobody says the third exception. It does not need saying in a village that has watched the same hand keep the show's minutes, present the ribbons, and pour the founder's toast every June since 1928, always with pen, scissors and teapot in the left hand. The tent becomes very interested in the weather. Constance Ferris, at the entry table, files the last of the cards, left-handed, in the silence.
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About this case
A chapter of The Prize Rose, 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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