“Home Deadly Home” is a Murdoku case from the House & Home category: a board of 9×9, 8 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: 9×9, rated Medium, with 7 rooms. Every person — 9 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
R1
S
P
P
P
R2
Ch
T
P
R3
Tv
Ch
T
T
R4
Tv
Ch
T
Ch
T
T
R5
C
C
C
T
T
R6
C
C
C
C
F
R7
C
C
C
C
Ch
R8
Ca
P
T
T
T
C
Ch
R9
Ca
Ch
S
Ch
Ch
C
Ch
Floor plan of “Home Deadly Home”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Rooms
Kitchen — 16 tiles: Table, Carpet, Fridge
Living Room — 26 tiles: Shelf, Chair, TV, Table, Carpet
Hallway — 6 tiles: Plant, Table, Chair
Study — 9 tiles: Carpet, Table, Shelf, Chair
Garage (outdoors) — 8 tiles: Carpet, Car
Dining Room — 6 tiles: Chair, Carpet
Balcony (outdoors) — 10 tiles: Plant, Table
Objects on the board
C Carpet (can be stood on)
T Table (blocks the tile)
Ch Chair (can be stood on)
P Plant (blocks the tile)
Ca Car (can be stood on)
S Shelf (blocks the tile)
Tv TV (blocks the tile)
F Fridge (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.
Alex — a man with brown hair, a beard and glasses
He was not on a car
Bernd — a man with a bald head, a beard and glasses
He was not beside a wall
Carol — a woman with black hair
She was beside a shelf
Dalia — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was beside a door and she was west of every chair
Edison — a man with blond hair and a beard
He was in the Garage
Floyd — a man with a bald head
He was in the Balcony
Grant — a man with white hair and a beard
He was in the Hallway and he was beside a door
Hana — a woman with brown hair and glasses
She was in the Balcony and she was beside a window
The victim, Valentina, is a woman. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.
Clues About the Whole Scene
No room was empty.
How Hard It Really Is
Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Alex: 58 possible tiles
Bernd: 9 possible tiles
Carol: 4 possible tiles
Dalia: 2 possible tiles
Edison: 8 possible tiles
Floyd: 5 possible tiles
Grant: 2 possible tiles
Hana: 2 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Grant: only row 7 possible – blocked for others.
Hana: only row 2 possible – blocked for others.
Floyd: only row 1 possible – blocked for others.
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.