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Read the statements – many of them talk about the room above or below the speaker – find everyone’s square and unmask the murderer: alone with Veronica in the Master Bedroom.","rules":{"standard":["Every <b>row</b> and every <b>column</b> holds exactly <b>one person</b> – the rows and columns run through both floors. As soon as you place someone, cross out their whole row and column.","<b>“Beside”</b> = directly left, right, above or below on the plan, and <b>in the same area</b>. Squares with furniture cannot be occupied, except the chairs, armchairs, the sofa, the chaise longue, the benches and the stool.","Directions refer to rows and columns, not to the same line: <i>“exactly one row north of him”</i> = in the row directly above on the plan, in any column.","The murderer was <b>alone with the victim</b>: nobody else was in that area."],"special":["<b>Two floors:</b> rows 1–8 are the upper floor, rows 9–16 the ground floor. Each upstairs room lies <b>directly above</b> the ground-floor room with the same outline (Landing above the Great Hall, Blue Room above the Salon, Nursery above the Dining Room, Servants’ Room above the Kitchen, Picture Gallery above the Library, Sewing Room above the Conservatory, Master Bedroom above the Study, Tower Bedroom above the Chapel). <i>“The room above/below mine”</i> always means that paired room – it says nothing about rows or columns.","<b>The floorboards creak:</b> the person in the Study, directly below the Master Bedroom, heard the struggle – so the <b>Study was not empty</b>."]},"roleNames":{"family":"family","guest":"guest","staff":"staff","victim":"victim"},"personGroups":[{"id":"family","name":"The family","persons":["A","B","C"]},{"id":"guests","name":"Guests","persons":["D","E","F","G","H","I","J"]},{"id":"staff","name":"Staff","persons":["K","L","M","N","O","V"]}],"map":{"groups":[{"id":"upper","name":"UPPER FLOOR","style":"open"},{"id":"ground","name":"GROUND 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Hattie is in the Library in column 4 – R13C4 and R15C4 are beside the Library desk, and Alistair is the only one beside a desk – so <b>Hattie R16C4</b>; row 16 and column 4 are hers. Alistair, alone and beside a desk, is therefore in the Study (the Library desk is in Hattie’s room): R13C10, R14C9, R14C11 or R15C10, and nobody else is in the Study – he is the one who heard the struggle. Veronica lies beside the bed in the Master Bedroom: R5C11, R6C9 or R6C11 (R7C10 is in Faye’s row). Irwin is in the room above Hattie’s, the Picture Gallery, in column 2: R5C2 or R6C2 (row 7 is Faye’s, and from R8C2 the woman one row south of him would have to stand in row 9 – see below). Juliet is in row 2, and two rows south of her, in row 4, stands a member of staff: Keith, Miles and Otto are downstairs (Keith is below Juliet, Miles and Otto each have a room above theirs), so the staff member of row 4 is Lorna in a room corner (R4C5 or R4C14; R4C4 is Hattie’s column) or Nora (R4C15). The women are tightly pinned: Bianca stands beside the altar in the Chapel (R13C13, R13C16 or R14C14 – R14C15 is Nora’s column), Delphine – alone, beside a bed, with a room below hers – is upstairs on R1C5, R1C7, R1C10, R1C12, R1C14, R1C16, R3C6 or R6C16, Lorna is in a room corner with a woman south of her (rows 1, 4, 12 or 13), Veronica in row 5 or 6, Juliet, Faye and Hattie in rows 2, 7 and 16, and Nora, alone in column 15 with a woman south of her, on R3C15, R4C15, R5C15, R6C15 or R12C15. So rows 9, 10, 11 and 15 hold only men, and so does row 14 unless Bianca is there. Ciaran’s room has a room below it with exactly one woman: he is upstairs, and neither on the Landing (the Great Hall below it can hold no woman) nor in the Master Bedroom (the Study below it holds only Alistair). Miles, beside a bench with a woman in the room above his, is downstairs: R14C14, R15C6, R15C13, R15C14 or R15C16 (the row-16 bench squares are Hattie’s)."},{"place":["I","V"],"cand":{"A":[[13,10],[14,9],[15,10]],"N":[[3,15],[4,15],[12,15]],"B":[[13,13],[13,16],[14,14]],"M":[[14,14],[15,6],[15,13],[15,14],[15,16]],"D":[[1,5],[1,7],[1,10],[1,12],[1,14],[1,16],[3,6]],"L":[[1,1],[1,5],[1,10],[1,14],[1,16],[4,5],[4,14],[12,5],[12,10],[12,13],[13,5],[13,8],[13,13],[13,16]],"F":[[7,1],[7,3],[7,5],[7,6],[7,7],[7,8],[7,9],[7,10],[7,12],[7,13],[7,14],[7,16]]},"text":"Irwin on R5C2? Then row 5 is his, and the staff member of row 4 – Lorna on R4C5 or R4C14, or Nora on R4C15 – needs a woman in row 5. Veronica would be in row 6 and no other woman can be in row 5: impossible. So <b>Irwin R6C2</b> – the woman south of him is Faye – and Veronica loses her row-6 squares: <b>Veronica R5C11</b>. Column 11 is hers, so Alistair loses R14C11, and Nora loses R5C15 and R6C15: R3C15, R4C15 or R12C15."},{"place":[],"cand":{"A":[[14,9],[15,10]],"N":[[3,15],[4,15],[12,15]],"B":[[13,13],[13,16],[14,14]],"M":[[14,14],[15,6],[15,13],[15,14],[15,16]],"D":[[1,5],[1,7],[1,10],[1,12],[1,14],[1,16],[3,6]],"L":[[1,1],[1,5],[1,10],[1,14],[1,16],[4,5],[4,14],[12,5],[12,10],[12,13],[13,5],[13,8],[13,13],[13,16]]},"text":"Alistair on R13C10? A man in row 13 means that Lorna and Nora, who each need a woman directly south of them, lose their row-12 squares; Lorna’s remaining squares are corners in rows 1 and 4, Nora’s R3C15 and R4C15 – both women are upstairs. Upstairs then holds Ciaran, Delphine, Faye, Irwin, Juliet, Veronica, Lorna and Nora: eight people, so Ernest and Gregory are downstairs. Bianca leaves row 13: Bianca R14C14, and Ernest needs a woman in the row above him – downstairs only Bianca in row 14 can be that woman now – so Ernest is in row 15. But Miles’ squares are R14C14 and four squares of row 15: he has nowhere to stand. <b>Alistair R14C9 or R15C10.</b>"},{"place":["A"],"cand":{"M":[[15,6],[15,13],[15,14],[15,16]],"B":[[13,13],[13,16]],"N":[[3,15],[4,15],[12,15]],"D":[[1,5],[1,7],[1,10],[1,12],[1,14],[1,16],[3,6]],"L":[[1,1],[1,5],[1,10],[1,14],[1,16],[4,5],[4,14],[12,5],[12,10],[12,13]],"G":[[1,1],[1,5],[1,10],[1,14],[1,16],[8,1],[8,6],[9,5],[12,5],[12,10],[12,13]],"F":[[7,1],[7,3],[7,5],[7,6],[7,7],[7,8],[7,10],[7,12],[7,13],[7,14],[7,16]]},"text":"Miles and Alistair are tied together: if Miles takes R14C14, row 14 is his and Alistair stands on R15C10; if Alistair takes R14C9, Miles is in row 15. Suppose <b>Miles R14C14</b>. Then Alistair R15C10, column 14 is Miles’, and the Chapel – rows 15 and 16 belong to Alistair and Hattie – holds only Bianca (row 13: R13C13 or R13C16) and Miles. The room above Miles is the Tower Bedroom, which must hold exactly one woman, and only Faye can be there (R7C13 or R7C16; Delphine’s R6C16 is in Irwin’s row). Ernest is upstairs, in row 3 or 8: downstairs rows 13–16 are taken and rows 9–12 would need a woman in rows 8–11. Now Nora has three squares. <b>Nora R3C15:</b> the staff member of row 4 is Lorna on R4C5 (R4C14 is Miles’ column). Delphine, alone, cannot share the Blue Room with Lorna or the Servants’ Room with Nora, and row 3 is taken: Delphine R1C12. Ernest is in row 8 (row 3 is Nora’s), which fills rows 1–8 with Delphine, Juliet, Nora, Lorna, Veronica, Irwin, Faye and Ernest – and Ciaran, who must be upstairs, has no row. <b>Nora R4C15:</b> the eight upstairs are Ciaran, Delphine, Ernest, Faye, Irwin, Juliet, Nora and Veronica, so Gregory and Lorna are downstairs: Lorna in row 12 (R12C5 or R12C13 – R12C10 is Alistair’s column, row 13 Bianca’s), Gregory on R9C5 or R9C9. The man with Veronica in the Master Bedroom can only be Ernest (the Study below Ciaran would hold no woman, Gregory is downstairs): Ernest R8C9 (R8C10 is Alistair’s column, R8C11 Veronica’s). Column 9 sends Gregory to R9C5, column 5 sends Lorna to R12C13, column 13 sends Bianca to R13C16 – and Faye’s two Tower squares, R7C13 and R7C16, are both in taken columns. <b>Nora R12C15:</b> the staff member of row 4 is again Lorna on R4C5, so Delphine leaves the Blue Room (R1C12 or R1C16); the eight upstairs are Ciaran, Delphine, Ernest, Faye, Irwin, Juliet, Lorna and Veronica, so Gregory is downstairs and Ernest is Veronica’s companion again: Ernest R8C9. Gregory’s corners R9C5 and R9C9 are now in Lorna’s and Ernest’s columns, his row-12 corners in Nora’s row and his row-13 corners in Bianca’s row: Gregory has no square. All three fail, so <b>Alistair R14C9</b> and Miles is in row 15. Row 14 is Alistair’s: Bianca is in row 13 (R13C13 or R13C16), and Ciaran is not in the Sewing Room – the Conservatory below it could hold no woman, since rows 13–16 belong to Bianca, Alistair, Miles and Hattie."},{"place":["M","E"],"cand":{"F":[[7,7],[7,8]],"D":[[1,5],[1,7],[1,12],[1,14],[1,16]],"C":[[3,7],[3,8],[3,12],[3,13],[3,16]],"G":[[9,5],[12,5],[12,13]],"L":[[4,5],[4,14],[12,5],[12,13]],"N":[[4,15],[12,15]],"B":[[13,13],[13,16]],"J":[[2,3],[2,5],[2,7],[2,8],[2,12],[2,13],[2,14],[2,16]]},"text":"Miles in the Chapel? On R15C13 or R15C16 his column fixes Bianca (R13C16 or R13C13), and the Tower Bedroom above him must hold exactly one woman: Faye, on R7C14 (the other Tower squares are in Miles’ and Bianca’s columns). Veronica’s companion is then Ernest – the Study below Ciaran holds no woman, Gregory’s corner R8C9 is in Alistair’s column – so Ernest R8C10, and Ciaran, in row 1 or 3 (rows 5–8 are full), can be neither in the Nursery (the Dining Room below it has no possible woman: Lorna’s corners there are R12C10, Ernest’s column, and R12C13, in Bianca’s or Miles’ column) nor in the Servants’ Room (columns 14 and 16 are taken). Ciaran is in the Blue Room, so the Salon below holds exactly one woman – Lorna R12C5 – which makes Nora the staff member of row 4 (R4C15) and sends Delphine, alone, to the Nursery (R1C12). Gregory now has no square at all: R9C5 is Lorna’s column, R9C9 Alistair’s, row 12 Lorna’s, row 13 Bianca’s, row 1 Delphine’s and row 8 Ernest’s. On R15C14 the same thing happens: Faye takes the Tower square in the column Bianca leaves free (R7C16 or R7C13), Ernest R8C10, Ciaran in the Blue Room, Lorna R12C5, Nora R4C15, Delphine R1C12 – and Gregory has no square. So <b>Miles R15C6</b>, beside the Conservatory bench. The Sewing Room above him holds exactly one woman: Faye, on R7C7 or R7C8 (R7C6 is Miles’ column). Delphine loses R3C6, so she is in row 1, and the man with Veronica can only be Ernest: <b>Ernest R8C10</b> – the murderer, alone with Veronica while Alistair listened from the Study below. Ciaran is in row 3 (rows 1, 2 and 4–8 are taken), so Nora loses R3C15: R4C15 or R12C15. Gregory: R9C5, R12C5 or R12C13; Lorna: R4C5, R4C14, R12C5 or R12C13."},{"place":["G"],"cand":{"C":[[3,12],[3,16]],"D":[[1,7],[1,12]],"L":[[4,14],[12,13]],"N":[[4,15],[12,15]],"F":[[7,7],[7,8]],"B":[[13,13],[13,16]],"J":[[2,3],[2,7],[2,8],[2,12],[2,13],[2,14],[2,16]]},"text":"Ciaran on R3C7 or R3C8, in the Blue Room? The Salon below must hold exactly one woman – Lorna R12C5, her only Salon corner – so row 12 is hers, Nora becomes the staff member of row 4 (R4C15), Delphine (alone) can use neither the Blue Room nor the Servants’ Room and goes to R1C12, and Gregory has no square: R9C5 is Lorna’s column, R12C5 and R12C13 are in her row. Ciaran on R3C13? The Dining Room below would need its one woman in the corner R12C13 (R12C10 is Ernest’s column) – Ciaran’s own column. So <b>Ciaran R3C12 or R3C16</b>. Delphine on R1C5? Column 5 takes Gregory’s R9C5 and R12C5, so Gregory R12C13, whose row sends Nora to R4C15 – and Lorna has no square (R4C5 is Delphine’s column, R4C14 is in Nora’s room, her row-12 corners are gone). Delphine in the Servants’ Room, R1C14 or R1C16? Nora must leave it for R12C15, Ciaran for R3C12 – and the Dining Room below Ciaran has no possible woman: Lorna’s corner R12C13 is in Nora’s row. So <b>Delphine R1C7 or R1C12</b>. Gregory on R12C5 or R12C13? Row 12 sends Nora to R4C15 again, and Lorna is left without a square (R4C14 is in Nora’s room, R4C5 is Gregory’s column or – on R12C13 – Nora’s row). So <b>Gregory R9C5</b>, the north-west corner of the Salon, and column 5 leaves Lorna R4C14 or R12C13. Note the pairs: Lorna R4C14 goes with Nora R12C15 and Ciaran R3C16 (the Kitchen below him holds Nora), Lorna R12C13 with Nora R4C15 and Ciaran R3C12 (the Dining Room holds Lorna)."},{"place":["D","F"],"cand":{"J":[[2,3],[2,12],[2,13],[2,14],[2,16]],"C":[[3,12],[3,16]],"L":[[4,14],[12,13]],"N":[[4,15],[12,15]],"B":[[13,13],[13,16]]},"text":"Delphine on R1C12, in the Nursery? Column 12 sends Ciaran to R3C16, so Lorna R4C14, Nora R12C15 – alone in the Kitchen – and Bianca R13C13 (column 16 is Ciaran’s). The Dining Room below Delphine must hold exactly one person, but nobody can stand there: its columns 10–13 belong to Ernest, Veronica, Delphine and Bianca, and Keith is below Juliet in the Great Hall or the Salon anyway. So <b>Delphine R1C7</b>, beside the Blue Room bed: the Salon below her holds exactly one person – Gregory – so Keith and Otto are not in the Salon, and Juliet loses her Blue Room squares. Column 7 is Delphine’s: <b>Faye R7C8</b>, with Ernest south of her. Juliet: R2C3, R2C12, R2C13, R2C14 or R2C16."},{"place":["J","C","L","N","B","K","O"],"final":true,"text":"Juliet in the Servants’ Room (R2C14 or R2C16)? Keith would be in the Kitchen below – but if Nora is in the Kitchen she is alone there, and if Nora is on R4C15 she is alone in the Servants’ Room. Juliet in the Nursery (R2C12 or R2C13)? Keith is in the Dining Room below, in column 12 or 13 (columns 10 and 11 are Ernest’s and Veronica’s), so Ciaran takes R3C16, Lorna R4C14 and Nora R12C15 is alone in the Kitchen. Otto then has no room: the Landing above the Great Hall holds no woman, the Salon is Gregory’s alone, the Kitchen is Nora’s alone, and the Dining Room’s free columns are used up by Keith and Juliet. So <b>Juliet R2C3</b>, on the Landing, and Keith is in the Great Hall below her. Otto cannot be in the Dining Room (the Nursery above it holds no woman now), so column 12 can only be Ciaran’s: <b>Ciaran R3C12</b>. The one woman in the Dining Room below him is <b>Lorna R12C13</b>, with Bianca south of her; Nora is the staff member of row 4, <b>Nora R4C15</b>, alone in the Servants’ Room; and <b>Bianca R13C16</b>, since column 13 is Lorna’s. Keith’s Hall squares R10C3 and R11C3 are in Juliet’s column: <b>Keith R11C1</b>. Row 10 is left for <b>Otto R10C14</b>, in the Kitchen below Nora. Case closed: Ernest, the banker, was alone with Veronica in the Master Bedroom – and Alistair, in the Study below, heard every creak of the floorboards."}],"solver":{"rules":[{"type":"floors","pairs":[["Landing","Hall"],["BlueRoom","Salon"],["Nursery","Dining"],["Servants","Kitchen"],["Gallery","Library"],["Sewing","Conservatory"],["Master","Study"],["Tower","Chapel"]]},{"type":"areas_nonempty","areas":["Study"]}],"groups":{"Upstairs":["Landing","BlueRoom","Nursery","Servants","Gallery","Sewing","Master","Tower"],"Downstairs":["Hall","Salon","Dining","Kitchen","Library","Conservatory","Study","Chapel"]},"occupiable":["bench","stool","chair","armchair","sofa","chaise"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-09-15"}}