A different kind of case
The Coin That Rang Wrong
Sixteen pieces came off the stones at the Lantern Market after the lanterns dipped. They implicate four people — four each. Sort them by who they actually point to. Four mistakes and the gate ledger closes.
Sixteen details, four places. Every card names or points to the place it was found — a pantry key, a conservatory walk, a piano stool. Four cards from the same place belong to the same person.
Read each card for its place, not its drama, and group the four that share one. Four wrong groupings and the file closes.
The evidence
Select four that implicate the same person.
4 mistakes left
Pick four pieces.