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Illustration for the riddle “The Walled Yard”

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The Walled Yard

A woman is murdered in a yard behind six-metre walls. None of the surrounding buildings has a window or roof overlooking it. Yet a witness describes the killer's cap, shoulders and bag. He watched with his own eyes, without entering the yard or seeing the man's face. How?

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.