The Affair at the Territory Line — Grand Sleuth, 13 August 2026

Grand Sleuth · 13 August 2026 · Gallows Creek

Holds the paper on every ranch in the county and the deeds to four that have already failed. Counts the till twice after closing.

The case file

This Grand Sleuth case is set in Gallows Creek and puts 5 suspects, 5 rooms, 5 weapons, 18 clues on the board. 2 detectives filed a correct verdict on the day it ran.

Deduce cases are logic-grid deduction puzzles: read the clues, eliminate the impossible, and name who did it, where, and with what. This case was verified by a constraint solver as solvable by deduction alone before it was published. The solution is not published here — the only way to know is to work it out.

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