Pie Night at the Turkey Farm

Nobody likes the wishbone ritual. Silas liked it least of all.

Thanksgiving month: today's case is set in Cranberry Hollow, the town from Room for Murder: Thanksgiving — 90 more cases.

🔎 Solved by 3 detectives · median time 2:02 · 67% with no help at all

Can stand / sit on: stoolhay bale

Solid — nobody there: tablestovesinkcratepie tablewheelbarrow

What the witnesses say

Marisolthe gravy queen
“She was beside the stove.”

Waltthe football fanatic
“He was in the Feed Store.”

Tillythe knitting-club president
“She was not beside any hay bale. She was beside the wheelbarrow.”

Jethrothe hayride driver
“He was beside a stool. He was in a corner of a room.”

Silasthe victim
Found dead — alone in a room with the killer.

Exactly one person in every row and every column.
Nobody stands on solid furniture; chairs, sofas, benches, beds and rugs are fine.
Every statement is true. “Beside” means the square directly next to it; north is up.
The victim was alone in a room with exactly one other person: the killer.

This is today's case — the answer, a step-by-step solution and a printable PDF appear here tomorrow. Solve it now.