“The Mole” is a Murdoku case from the Precinct & Office 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 Hard, with 5 rooms. Every person — 6 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
R1
Ch
P
Ch
C
Ch
R2
Ch
T+C
C
C
C
R3
Ch
T+C
S
R4
C
B
B
R5
B
B
R6
L
T
Ch
S
Floor plan of “The Mole”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Rooms
Open Office — 13 tiles: Chair, PC, Table, Carpet
Reception area — 6 tiles: Chair, Carpet
Chief's office — 5 tiles: Lamp, Table, Chair
Holding cell 1 — 6 tiles: Shelf, Bed
Holding cell 2 — 6 tiles: Bed, Shelf
Objects on the board
C Carpet (can be stood on)
Ch Chair (can be stood on)
B Bed (can be stood on)
T Table (blocks the tile)
S Shelf (blocks the tile)
L Lamp (blocks the tile)
P PC (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 and a beard
He was south of a bed (R5/C5)
Bella — a woman with black hair and glasses
She was beside a PC
Carol — a woman with black hair and glasses
She was beside a shelf
Dalia — a woman with blond hair
She was in the Holding cell 2
Edison — a man with a bald head and glasses
He was in the Holding cell 1
The victim, Victor, is a man. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.
Clues About the Whole Scene
Exactly 2 people were on a bed.
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: 3 possible tiles
Bella: 2 possible tiles
Carol: 4 possible tiles
Dalia: 5 possible tiles
Edison: 5 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.