Chapter 9 of 10
Gideon finds the pattern in the victims, because the pattern is him. He lists the withdrawn entrants on the back of an invoice and sees what they share: every one grows roses he supplied, knows his stock, or exhibits beside him; every one whose bench he would visit and whose cuttings he would handle on judging morning. The entrants left standing are strangers and newcomers, whose flowers he would pass with a nod. He works it out loud, slower than his patter. The notes were not emptying the class for spite. They were building a fence around one exhibit, keeping my eye, and every eye I trained, away from the Pruett rose. Somebody believes I would know that red if I stood over it with a glass. He folds the invoice. Somebody, he adds, is very likely right.
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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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