Chapter 2 of 10
Mr. Ott's first morning is spent in the grounds shed, Gus Malone's kingdom: rakes hung by size, chalk bags folded, the line marker cleaned nightly, thirty years of order. The watering schedule hangs on a nail, initialed. Infield watered mornings only, it says, and the initials agree, and Ott is prepared to believe every word until his hand lands on the canvas hose racked by the door. It is wet. Wet at the coupling, wet in the deep coils, the wet a hose holds hours after real use, on an evening the schedule says was dry. He asks Gus twice. Gus looks at the hose a moment, says condensation, and returns to his rakes. Ott writes the second answer, same as the first, and beneath it what his hand learned: rolled drum-tight, watered recently, by somebody who loves this hose.
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About this case
A chapter of The Seventh Inning, 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.