“Murder on Sale” is a Murdoku case from the Supermarket 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 Easy, with 5 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
Tv
S
S
T
W
R2
W
R3
T
Ca
T
S
S
R4
C
C
R5
S
C
S
S
S
R6
S
S
C
Tv
C
S
S
R7
T
T
C
C
C
S
R8
T
C
C
T
T
S
R9
W
Floor plan of “Murder on Sale”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
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 black hair and glasses
He was not beside a table and he was not beside a wall
Bella — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was beside a carpet
Carol — a woman with brown hair
She was in row 6
Dylan — a man with white hair
He was in the Checkout and he was not beside a table
Edison — a man with a bald head and a beard
He was in row 1
Floyd — a man with blond hair
He was beside a wall and he was in column 4
Grant — a man with a bald head
He was on a carpet and he was not beside a table
Hana — a woman with blond hair
She was beside a table and she was in row 3
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
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Alex: 7 possible tiles
Bella: 9 possible tiles
Carol: 4 possible tiles
Dylan: 5 possible tiles
Edison: 4 possible tiles
Floyd: 2 possible tiles
Grant: 7 possible tiles
Hana: a single tile — their own clue settles it
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.