“Death Between Courses” is a Murdoku case from the Hotel & Restaurant category: a board of 10×10, 9 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: 10×10, rated Medium, with 5 rooms. Every person — 10 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
C10
R1
W
T
Ch
Ch
P
R2
C
Ch+C
T+C
C
T+C
C
T+C
C
Ch
R3
W
T
Ch
C
Ch
C
T
R4
Ch
Ch
Ch
C
Ch
C
Ch
R5
Tr
St
T
C
T
C
T
R6
Tr
C
Ch
T+C
Ch
R7
Ch
P
C
Ch
P
R8
W
W
Ch
C
S
S
R9
Ch+C
T+C
C
C
C
C
R10
W
Ch
Ch
Floor plan of “Death Between Courses”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Rooms
Dining Hall — 50 tiles: Chair, Plant, Carpet, Table
Bar — 12 tiles: Wooden crate, Table, Carpet, Chair
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 white hair
She was in the same row as a shelf
Bella — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was not beside a wall and she was in the same row as a wooden crate
Carol — a woman with brown hair and glasses
She was in the same column as a plant and she was on a chair
Dylan — a man with brown hair
He was east of a shelf (R8/C8)
Edison — a man with brown hair and glasses
He was in the Reception and he was in the same column as a plant
Freya — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was south of a shelf (R8/C8) and she was on a carpet
Grant — a man with black hair and a beard
He was the only person beside a window
Hana — a woman with blond hair
She was beside a statue and she was in the same row as a statue
Ivan — a man with a bald head and a beard
He was beside a plant
The victim, Vasiliy, is a man. 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: 6 possible tiles
Bella: 5 possible tiles
Carol: 8 possible tiles
Dylan: 14 possible tiles
Edison: 2 possible tiles
Freya: 5 possible tiles
Grant: 8 possible tiles
Hana: 2 possible tiles
Ivan: 7 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Anna: only row 8 possible – blocked for others.
Bella: only row 3 possible – blocked for others.
Freya: only row 9 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.