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The Phantom Weapon

A man is found dead, stabbed, in his own living room. On the floor lies a puddle of water tinged with blood. Nobody left the building between the moment he cried out and the search: the police go through the room, the building and everyone in it, and find no blade anywhere. Where did the weapon go?

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.