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Case file 18FRAUDMORIARTY: Red herrings. One lie that matters.

The Saudade Diary

A wife walked into the Sintra fog on the eve of her anniversary. By dawn her blind grandmother was broke, and her diary named her husband.

The scene

Quinta da Saudade, a crumbling pink quinta of tiled halls and lemon trees above Sintra, in July, when the Atlantic fog sits on the hills. Thursday evening to Saturday morning.

Defrauded: Celeste Ferreira. Who defrauded Celeste Ferreira?

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

The suspects

  • Sam ArcherAna's husband
  • Ana ArcherThe wife who vanished
  • Rosa MendesCeleste's live-in nurse
  • Paulo ReisFamily accountant and godson
  • Kate ArcherSam's sister