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Illustration for the riddle “Two O'Clock Twice”

The telling detail · ★★★

Two O'Clock Twice

A witness swears he saw the accused stab his victim at two in the morning exactly: the church bell was striking behind them. A dozen guests swear the accused was at a party across town at two that same morning. Nobody is lying, nothing is mistaken, and he is convicted all the same. 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.