Between the Lines

“Between the Lines” is a Murdoku case from the Manor & Museum category: a board of 6×6, 5 suspects and one victim. Read the clues, work out where everybody was standing, and name the suspect who was left alone with the body.

The Board

The floor plan as the case hands it to you: 6×6, rated Easy, with 5 rooms. Every person — 6 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.

C1C2C3C4C5C6
R1STS
R2S
R3SS
R4SS
R5SSTv
R6SSSS
Floor plan of “Between the Lines”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.

Rooms

  • Entrance Hall — 6 tiles: TV, Shelf
  • Exposition — 8 tiles: Shelf
  • Archive — 8 tiles: Shelf
  • Special Exhibit — 6 tiles: Shelf, Table
  • Library — 8 tiles: Shelf

Objects on the board

  • S Shelf (blocks the tile)
  • T Table (blocks the tile)
  • Tv TV (blocks the tile)

The Suspects and Their Clues

Each suspect comes with what the witnesses remember. Read them all before placing anyone — a clue about one person is very often what pins down another.

Anna — a woman with black hair and glasses

  • She was in the Entrance Hall

Bella — a woman with black hair

  • She was not beside a shelf

Carol — a woman with brown hair

  • She was not in a corner and she was in row 1

Dalia — a woman with blond hair and glasses

  • She was in the Library

Elsa — a woman with white hair and glasses

  • She was in a corner

The victim, Victoria, is a woman. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.

How Hard It Really Is

Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
12
Steps before anyone can be placed for certain
5

How to Start — Without Spoilers

Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:

  • Anna: 4 possible tiles
  • Bella: 6 possible tiles
  • Carol: a single tile — their own clue settles it
  • Dalia: 5 possible tiles
  • Elsa: 12 possible tiles

That is as far as this page goes. From here on it is yours — the in-game hint giver explains each next step if you get stuck, without giving the answer away.

This case has exactly one solution, and it can be reached by forward deduction alone — no guessing.

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