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Case file 22MURDERHOLMES: Everyone is hiding something. Only the best get this one.

The Long Firing

A wood kiln stoked all night by a rota, every stoke written down. Six on the ridge, each with a quarrel. By dawn the potter lay dead.

The scene

Wren Pottery, a wood-fired studio on a pine ridge above Dhari in Kumaon, on the second night of a three-night firing. Saturday 22:00 to Sunday 06:00.

Victim: Hugh Wren. Who killed Hugh Wren?

An original murder mystery for the Holmes 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

  • Mira RaiApprentice
  • Owen WrenHugh's son
  • Sam KadeKiln builder
  • Dev WrenNephew and bookkeeper
  • Lena BoseGallery owner
  • Nina ShahPotter and photographer