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Case file 19MURDERMORIARTY: Red herrings. One lie that matters.

Ash on Knights Hill

Frank Mercer burned with his teak on Saturday night. By Sunday his heir was in a cell, and Frank was dead again, somewhere else.

The scene

West Norwood, South London, in a wet July. A timber merchant's house and yard on Knights Hill, between the railway and the cemetery, from Saturday night's fire to Sunday afternoon.

Victim: Frank Mercer. Who killed Frank Mercer?

An original murder mystery for the Moriarty tier. Read the statements and evidence on the floor, rule out suspects, then name the killer, the motive and the two cards that prove it.

The suspects

  • Nick ShawThe young solicitor
  • Joan WebbHousekeeper
  • Ted ReidForeman of the yard
  • Dean MercerThe nephew, from Dubai
  • Mary ShawNick's mother