“Death Above the Rooftops” 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 Hard, with 6 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
Tr
Tv
T
T
C
C
Tr
R2
C
C
C
B
B
R3
S
T
S
T
S
T
R4
C
C
R5
P
S
R6
C
C
T
T
C
R7
B
B
R8
C
R9
Tr
T
C
Floor plan of “Death Above the Rooftops”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window.
Rooms
Bathroom — 6 tiles: Chair
Kitchen — 9 tiles: Table
Living Room — 25 tiles: TV, Table, Chair, Shelf, Plant
Guest Room — 10 tiles: Chair, Bed, Table
Bedroom — 6 tiles: Chair, Bed
Balcony (outdoors) — 25 tiles: Tree, Table, Chair
Objects on the board
C Chair (can be stood on)
T Table (blocks the tile)
B Bed (can be stood on)
S Shelf (blocks the tile)
Tr Tree (blocks the tile)
P Plant (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.
Alex — a man
He was beside a table
Bill — a man
He was in the Kitchen
Conny — a man
He was south of Alex
Dila — a woman
She was in the Bathroom
Eva — a woman
She was the only person on a bed
Flora — a woman
She was beside a window
Gordon — a man
He was north-west of Dila
Henriette — a woman
She was beside a bed and she was north of Eva
The victim, Opfer, is a man. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.
Clues About the Whole Scene
No room was empty.
Exactly 1 person was on a chair.
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: 12 possible tiles
Bill: 7 possible tiles
Conny: 64 possible tiles
Dila: 6 possible tiles
Eva: 4 possible tiles
Flora: 7 possible tiles
Gordon: 64 possible tiles
Henriette: 7 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Conny is south of Alex – impossible cells removed.
Gordon is north-west of Dila – impossible cells removed.
Henriette is north of Eva – impossible cells removed.
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.