A different kind of case
A Cartouche That Wouldn't Wait
accounted for the hours at the Valley Dig — a 1920s excavation, one way in, a register that is supposed to know who went down. Five claims. Eight attempts to pull the true sequence out of the dust.
A suspect gave a five-part account of the night. One sequence is true — the rest is padding.
Every part offers the same short list of possibilities. Fill all five, then log your version. Each log gives two counts: how many parts sit in the right place, and how many are true but filed under the wrong part. You're never told which is which.
Eight attempts. Land all five in the right place and his alibi breaks.
The statement
8 attempts left
Fill every part of the statement before logging it.
You will be told how many parts check out, and how many belong in their story but not in that part of it — not which ones.