You have nine clues and a dead lord. Clue one says Dr. Pryce wasn’t seen at 9:45. Fine. Clue three says he wasn’t seen at 9:30 either. Two ✕s later, the doctor’s row in the Time block has only two squares left, and clue eight is already whispering about which one. That narrowing is …

The front door booms shut behind you and a bolt slides home on the far side. You didn’t hear anyone follow you up the drive. Somewhere down the hall is a dead man, a locked desk and three people who all have a very good reason to be somewhere else. The coachman is clear about it: nobody leaves …