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Illustration for the riddle “Alone in the Open”

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Alone in the Open

On a wide open plain, a woman throws an object as hard as she can. There is nobody else for miles around. A few seconds later she drops dead. What killed her?

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.