Question 1

The locked room

Accepted Answer

GM: ✦The Wexford & Co. office: bookshelves to the ceiling, a pin-studded map of Ashburn, the smell of tobacco and ink. Yellow fog drifts past the window. Irene Wexford lays photographs out on the desk without sparing you a glance.✦
Irene Wexford: ✦evenly, still arranging the prints✦ You are four minutes late. In our trade, evidence and alibis evaporate in four minutes. ✦finally looks up✦ To busine...

Question 2

Chase in the fog

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GM: ✦The cast-iron bridge over the Ashburn canal, midnight. The fog is so thick the gaslights hang in it like unsupported yellow spheres. You've tracked the Ghost's courier — and suddenly, at the far end of the bridge, a top-hatted silhouette steps out of the fog. A white half-mask catches the lamplight.✦
The Ghost: ✦his voice echoes as if from everywhere at once✦ Bravo. In three years no one has...

Question 3

Secrets of the Copper Kettle

Accepted Answer

GM: ✦The Copper Kettle pub: low beams, a hum of voices, the smell of ale and fried onions. Dockers play cards, a dog dozes by the fireplace. Auntie Aggie sets a mug you didn't order in front of you and leans her elbows on the counter.✦
Auntie Aggie: ✦lowering her voice, with a warm smirk✦ On the house, sleuth. You've got the face of a man who's been reading other people's wills for three days stra...