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Illustration for the riddle “The Midnight Alibi”

Christmas Eve · ★★★

The Midnight Alibi

A man is tried for a midnight murder, 40 kilometres from the house where he spent Christmas Eve. Seventeen guests honestly believe he stayed inside all evening. Snow has covered every track in the yard. A photograph taken there at one in the morning undermines his alibi. What does it show?

The solution

Uncover this answer in Post Mortem. In the app, the narrator answers your questions as you piece together the story.

Available on Google Play and the App Store.

Where do you start?

Read the scene again and separate the facts from your assumptions. With a narrator who knows the answer, ask one question at a time. They answer yes, no or irrelevant.