“Murder at the Manor” 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
S
S
S
R2
C
T
T
T
Ch
Ch
R3
C
P
P
R4
T
T
C
Ch
P
P
C
C
R5
S
C
C
T
C
C
R6
R7
P
Ch
Ch
C
C
Ch
R8
P
T
T
C
C
Ch
T
R9
C
T
Ch
Ch
Floor plan of “Murder at the Manor”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Rooms
Kitchen — 25 tiles: Shelf, Carpet, Table, Chair
Living Room — 30 tiles: Plant, Chair, Carpet, Table
Guest Room — 6 tiles: Plant, Carpet
Hallway — 8 tiles: Plant, Carpet, Table
Study — 6 tiles: Chair, Plant
Balcony (outdoors) — 6 tiles: Chair, Plant
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)
S Shelf (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 Study
Bella — a woman with brown hair
In her room there was another suspect who had white hair on a chair
Cyrus — a man with a bald head
He was north of Anna
Dalia — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was beside a table. Another suspect was beside the same table.
Elsa — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was alone with a female suspect
Freya — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was on a carpet and she was beside a table
Grant — a man with brown hair
He was beside a plant. Dalia was beside the same plant. and he was in the Living Room
Hana — a woman with black hair and glasses
She was in the Guest Room and she was beside a carpet
The victim, Vera, 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:
Anna: 5 possible tiles
Bella: 51 possible tiles
Cyrus: 61 possible tiles
Dalia: 18 possible tiles
Elsa: 61 possible tiles
Freya: 4 possible tiles
Grant: 3 possible tiles
Hana: 2 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Cyrus is north of Anna – impossible cells removed.
Dalia must stand beside the same object (a table) as another person – impossible cells removed.
Grant must stand beside the same object (a plant) as another person – 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.