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Illustration for the riddle “The Spotless House”

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The Spotless House

A woman is found dead at the foot of her stairs. The police call it an accident: no sign of a struggle, no footprints, the house is spotless. Three days later a detective comes back, crouches over a small round device sitting against the skirting board, and has the husband arrested. What happened?

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.