Grand Sleuth · 5 September 2026 · Gallows Creek
The victim is Judge Ambrose Kane. Rides in twice a year, hears forty cases in three days, and signs whatever the marshal puts in front of him. Has never once ridden out short of money.
This Grand Sleuth case is set in Gallows Creek and puts 5 suspects, 5 rooms, 5 weapons, 18 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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