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Case file 09MURDERMORIARTY: Red herrings. One lie that matters.

Cocoa at Hollybrook

Every night at ten Vera Ashton bolted both her doors. On Thursday she died behind them, and her husband all but asked to be arrested.

The scene

Hollybrook, a country house in its walled park outside Brayfield, Essex. May 1926: the General Strike is just over, and the lilac is out along the drive.

Victim: Vera Ashton. Who killed Vera Ashton?

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

  • Leo FennThe husband
  • Nina HartThe companion, dismissed
  • Sam AshtonThe stepson
  • Anna AshtonThe stepson's wife
  • Rosie KerrThe goddaughter