Chapter 9 of 10
The roster in the program has printed the answer all season: MALONE, D., pitcher. MALONE, G., grounds. Father and son, the page's only shared surname, so ordinary nobody thought of it once. Ott sees it in his boarding-house room, soil map and wet-hose note on the quilt, and the shape shows its face. He goes to the shed, no clipboard, and finds Gus oiling the line marker at seven; the conversation will never reach his report. He asks about 1931, the loading dock. The answer is one sentence, his summer's longest: write what you need to write, mister, but the boy does not know. Keep it that way until he tells the truth himself, and I will rake this county flat for you. Ott, a rulebook where his heart should be, discovers the two are not the same organ.
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 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.