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The light in the cabin window never came on, and when Aino went to look, she found the owner dead by the stove. Fresh snow had covered every track, so the mushers and the guests had to tell where they had been.","rules":{"standard":["Every <b>row</b> and every <b>column</b> holds exactly <b>one person</b>. As soon as you place someone, cross out their whole row and column.","<b>“Beside”</b> = directly left, right, above or below, and <b>in the same area</b>. 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She was <b>alone with</b> somebody sitting on the <b>snowmobile</b>.","job":"a veterinarian on holiday","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Gudrun\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#3d2a5a\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#6f8f2a\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#f3d3b5\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#f3d3b5\"/><circle cx=\"40\" cy=\"15\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#d9d4cc\"/><path d=\"M26 32 Q26 16 40 16 Q54 16 54 32 Q50 24 40 24 Q30 24 26 32 Z\" fill=\"#d9d4cc\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><circle cx=\"26\" cy=\"41\" r=\"1.8\" fill=\"#f0c95a\"/><circle cx=\"54\" cy=\"41\" r=\"1.8\" fill=\"#f0c95a\"/></svg>","solverRole":"guest","constraints":[{"type":"on","obj":"bench"},{"type":"alone_with_on","obj":"snowmobile"}]},{"id":"V","name":"Vilja","gender":"F","role":"victim","color":"#1b1b1b","avatar":{"bg":"#5a2a2a","skin":"#f6d8c0","hair":"#7a4a2a","style":"bun","shirt":"#8b5a2b","necklace":true,"beanie":"#f4efe6"},"clue":"<b>The victim.</b> She was found in the <b>Cabin</b>, beside the <b>stove</b> – alone with the murderer.","job":"owner of the kennel","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Vilja\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#5a2a2a\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#8b5a2b\"/><path d=\"M31 58 Q40 66 49 58\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#f3e2b3\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-dasharray=\"2 2\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#f6d8c0\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#f6d8c0\"/><circle cx=\"40\" cy=\"15\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#7a4a2a\"/><path d=\"M26 32 Q26 16 40 16 Q54 16 54 32 Q50 24 40 24 Q30 24 26 32 Z\" fill=\"#7a4a2a\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><path d=\"M24 31 Q24 11 40 11 Q56 11 56 31 Q48 21 40 21 Q32 21 24 31 Z\" fill=\"#f4efe6\"/><rect x=\"23\" y=\"26\" width=\"34\" height=\"6\" rx=\"3\" fill=\"#f4efe6\" stroke=\"rgba(0,0,0,.18)\"/><circle cx=\"40\" cy=\"10\" r=\"4\" fill=\"#f4efe6\"/><path d=\"M12 12 L68 68 M68 12 L12 68\" stroke=\"#e0362e\" stroke-width=\"5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" opacity=\".9\"/></svg>","solverRole":"owner","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Cabin"]},{"type":"beside","obj":"stove"}]}],"victim":"V","murderer":"E","solution":{"C":[1,5],"A":[2,7],"B":[3,4],"V":[4,1],"G":[5,6],"E":[6,3],"D":[7,8],"F":[8,2]},"walkthrough":[{"place":["G","D","V"],"cand":{"A":[[1,3],[1,4],[2,3],[2,7],[3,3],[3,4]],"B":[[2,7],[3,4]],"C":[[1,5],[1,7],[2,4],[3,5],[3,7]],"E":[[2,7],[3,4],[6,3],[8,4]],"F":[[3,2],[6,2],[8,2]]},"text":"Vilja was found beside the stove (R3C1) in the Cabin: the Cabin squares next to it are R3C2 and R4C1 (R2C1 already lies on the Trail) – and the murderer was alone with her, so the Cabin holds exactly two people. Gudrun was sitting on the bench, and there is only one bench on the board: <b>Gudrun is at R5C6</b>, on the Lakeshore. She was alone with somebody sitting on the snowmobile (R7C8, also on the Lakeshore), so the Lakeshore holds exactly two people: Gudrun and the person on the snowmobile. Dagfinn was with Gudrun, so he is on the Lakeshore – he must be that person: <b>Dagfinn is at R7C8.</b> Fridtjof had a fir tree in his column: column 2 (the fir at R1C2) or column 8 (R5C8, R8C8) – column 8 is Dagfinn's, so Fridtjof is in column 2, and nobody else can be there. That rules out R3C2 for Vilja: <b>Vilja is at R4C1.</b> One more thing to note: every square beside a husky (R1C5, R1C7, R2C4, R2C6, R3C5, R3C7, R4C6) lies in the Kennel Yard. Somebody else in Birger's area was beside a husky, so Birger is in the Kennel Yard too, on a square not beside a husky – with rows 4 and 5 taken, that is R2C7 or R3C4."},{"place":["B","E"],"cand":{"A":[[2,7]],"C":[[1,5],[1,7]],"F":[[8,2]]},"text":"Exactly one row north of Aino was a woman – who can she be? Aino had a husky in her row, so she is in row 1, 2 or 3, and since somebody was one row north of her, not in row 1: she is in row 2 or 3, and the woman is in row 1 or 2. Who can be in row 1 at all (R1C3, R1C4, R1C5 or R1C7 – R1C1 is in Vilja's column)? Not Aino (row 2 or 3), not Birger (he is in the Kennel Yard, and its row-1 squares R1C5 and R1C7 are both beside the husky at R1C6), not Eira (R1C3 and R1C4 are on the Trail; R1C5 and R1C7 are beside a husky, and Cecilie is the only woman beside one), not Fridtjof (column 2). Only Cecilie can be in row 1: R1C5 or R1C7. Now look at rows 6 and 8 (R6C2, R6C3, R6C4, R6C5 and R8C2, R8C4, R8C5): Aino is in row 2 or 3, Birger and Cecilie in the Kennel Yard, so only Eira (R6C3 or R8C4 – she is not on the Trail and not in Fridtjof's column) and Fridtjof (R6C2 or R8C2) can be there: these two fill rows 6 and 8 between them. That leaves rows 2 and 3 for Aino and Birger. If Aino were in row 3, the person one row north of her would be Birger – a man. So Aino is in row 2, the woman above her is Cecilie, and Birger is in row 3: <b>Birger is at R3C4.</b> Column 4 is now his, so of Eira's two squares only R6C3 is left: <b>Eira is at R6C3</b> – in the Cabin, where only Vilja and the murderer were. Eira is the murderer."},{"place":["A","F"],"cand":{"C":[[1,5]]},"text":"Aino is in row 2: R2C4 is beside the husky at R2C5 (Cecilie is the only woman beside one) and R2C3 is in Eira's column – <b>Aino is at R2C7</b>, with the husky at R2C5 in her row. Fridtjof is in column 2, in row 6 or 8; row 6 is Eira's: <b>Fridtjof is at R8C2</b>, in the Woodshed."},{"place":["C"],"cand":{},"text":"Cecilie is in row 1, at R1C5 or R1C7; column 7 is Aino's: <b>Cecilie is at R1C5</b>, beside the huskies at R1C6 and R2C5. Everyone is placed, and the statements check out: Cecilie – a woman – is exactly one row north of Aino; she is the one in Birger's area beside a husky, while Birger at R3C4 is not beside any; Dagfinn is on the Lakeshore with Gudrun."},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Vilja was alone in the Cabin with the photographer. <b>Eira is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[],"occupiable":["bed","bench","sled","snowmobile"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-10-06"},"score":6.1229}