CasebookCase 31Practice

The Bare Treetop

The lights switch-onIntroductory5 clues

Case file

Fernley switches on its winter lights tonight. Dev has the countdown written out on a card, Iris is keeping thirty children out of trouble, and Jonah came straight from the boat to lend a hand. Ten minutes before six, somebody looks up and notices that the big tree has lost its star.

What happened

Someone climbed the stepladder in the town square and took the star down from the tree.

Dev Ramanpostmaster
Iris Nakamuraschoolteacher
Jonah Pikefisherman

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Clues:

The box of baubles was not with Dev.

The stepladder was not with Dev.

The extension lead was on the bandstand.

Jonah was not in the church porch.

The box of baubles was in the church porch.

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