Shadows at Bitter Springs — Grand Sleuth, 19 August 2026

Grand Sleuth · 19 August 2026 · Gallows Creek

The victim is Amos Deverell. Biggest herd in the territory and the mortgage to match. Rode with men whose names he no longer says aloud.

The case file

This Grand Sleuth case is set in Gallows Creek and puts 5 suspects, 5 rooms, 5 weapons, 19 clues on the board. 1 detective 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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