The Lottery Killer Volume 3: An Immersive Murder Mystery Logic Puzzle
by A. S. Remington
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Solution
Clara left a way to reach her. If you have worked through the coordinates, applied every clue, and believe you have found the one, send word and confirm your answer
Hints
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Clues
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The Lottery Killer Volume 3: An Immersive Murder Mystery Logic Puzzle
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The Lottery Killer Volume 3: An Immersive Murder Mystery Logic Puzzle
Hints
A NOTE FROM CLARAI didn't have much time. But I was careful. Everything you need is in the book, and everything in the book means something. This time there are twenty-three clues, and one archive. Work through them in order. These are the things I wish someone had told me when I started.— C.P.
Start with the clues that sweep a whole pageSome clues eliminate every coordinate on a page in a single pass. Others judge one coordinate at a time. Work the page-level clues first, they clear the field fastest. You'll know them because they ask you to look at the whole page's contents, not just the coordinate in front of you.
Your pencil is your most important toolCross out decisively. A ticket eliminated by any single clue is gone permanently; do not second-guess yourself. The book only reveals its answer to someone willing to commit.
Keep Clara's Atlas in front of youSeveral clues refer to it: capitals, the Seven Wonders, UNESCO sites, and reference cities. Only the coordinate printed exactly in the Atlas counts. Do not substitute a nearby coordinate or a place you recognize from outside the book.
Every coordinate carries the same two pieces of informationLatitude first, longitude second, each with its hemisphere letter. Some clues compare a coordinate to itself. Others compare it to its neighbors, its page, or its facing page. Know which one you're being asked to do before you start counting.
Reading order matters more than it looksThe archive reads left to right, then down the page, then on to the next page. Several clues depend on this order: the entry before, the entry after, the ten entries on either side. Get the order right before you apply these.
Facing pages are the two pages you see together in an open bookNot the page before it in the stack, but the page across from it when the book is open. Get this pairing wrong, and two clues will fail silently.
Apply Clue 23 lastThe first twenty-two clues narrow the field. Clue 23 finishes it. It is designed to work on what remains after the others have done their work. Apply it last.
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The Lottery Killer Volume 3: An Immersive Murder Mystery Logic Puzzle
Frequently Asked Questions
The final volume asks more of its readers than the first two. These are the questions that kept arriving. If you are right, and I hope you are, the police will finally act.— Clara
Does the book include the solution?No. The solution was never mine to put in a book. If you have worked through the archive and applied every clue, you already know your answer. If you are right, submit it and find out what Clara found there, and what happened to Richard Hale.
How many clues are there, and do I need to complete them in order?There are twenty-three clues. The first twenty-two can be applied in any order, and each one eliminates coordinates independently. The twenty-third, The Western Edge, is different: it can only be applied once the other twenty-two are done and the survivors are known. Apply it last.
I have applied all twenty-two clues and no coordinates remain. What went wrong?This means a clue was applied too broadly somewhere along the way. A few clues count against a page's original printed contents, even if some of those coordinates have already been crossed out by an earlier clue. If you removed a coordinate from that count, you may have over-eliminated its neighbors. Return to the clue you applied most quickly or with the least certainty, and re-check it against the archive rather than your notes.
I have applied all twenty-two clues and several coordinates remain. Is that expected?Yes. Clue 23 is designed to work on a small group of survivors, not a single answer. If you have a handful of coordinates left standing, you are exactly where you should be. Compare them by longitude and find the one lying farthest west, that is your answer.
What does "facing page" mean in the clues?The book opens as a standard printed book: left-hand and right-hand pages that sit together when the book is open. Every left-hand page faces the right-hand page across from it, and that pairing does not change even if you turn one page ahead. When a clue refers to the facing page, it means that opposite page and not the page before or after it in the stack.
What does "reading order" mean?Left to right across a row, then down to the next row, then on to the next page, continuing straight through the archive from the first coordinate to the last. Several clues depend on this order: the coordinate immediately before or after another, or the ten entries on either side of it.
Do I need Clara's Atlas for every clue?No. Only some clues refer to it: capitals, the Seven Wonders, UNESCO landmarks, and the reference cities. When a clue does refer to the Atlas, only the coordinate printed exactly as shown there counts. A nearby or similar coordinate does not.
I submitted an answer and it was wrong. Can I get a hint?Yes. The hints page will help you without giving anything away. Work through the clues one at a time. Clara designed the clues to be solvable, not to defeat you.
Can I work through the book with someone else?Absolutely. The register is the same for every reader. The puzzle does not change. Working with a partner means you can divide the chapters/pages between you and compare results. Just make sure you both apply every clue before drawing conclusions.
I think I have found a duplicate coordinate. Is that an error?Not necessarily. Some clues, like Clue 9, specifically look for a coordinate that repeats on the same page, and that repetition is intentional and part of the puzzle. If the same coordinate appears in two different chapters, or you're unsure whether a repeat is meaningful, please contact us, and we will investigate.
Do I need to refresh the page to try another answer?Yes. If your answer is incorrect and you would like to submit again, refresh the page and complete the verification form again.
Do I need to have read Volume 1 or Volume 2 to solve Volume 3?No. Volume 3 is self-contained. The story references events from the first two books, but all the information you need to solve this archive is inside this book. If you have read Volumes 1 and 2, you will recognize how the threads connect.
Will there be a fourth book?No fourth Pembridge Manor book is planned. This case closes here, and solving it means giving Clara her life back. Whether it's Clara again or someone else entirely, this won't be the last mystery we bring you.
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Clues
HOW TO USE THESE CLUESI have compiled twenty-three clues. Apply the first twenty-two of them to every coordinate in the archive. Cross out each coordinate that fails a clue. Work in any order you choose. The twenty-third and final clue is different: apply it only once the other twenty-two are done, to select the answer from among the coordinates left standing.
CLUE 1: BELOW THE LINE
Cross out every coordinate whose latitude is Southern, that is, every latitude written with an S.
CLUE 2: EAST OF ATHENS
Cross out every coordinate whose longitude lies at or east of the longitude of Athens (see Clara’s Atlas). Keep only those whose longitude lies west of that line.
CLUE 3: AT OR ABOVE LONDON
Cross out every coordinate whose latitude lies at or north of the latitude of London (see Clara’s Atlas). Keep only those whose latitude lies south of that line.
CLUE 4: MATCHING LEADS
For each coordinate, take the first digit of the latitude and the first digit of the longitude. Cross out every coordinate whose two first digits are the same.
CLUE 5: THE SMALL SUM
For each coordinate, add together all the digits printed in its latitude and its longitude. Cross out every coordinate whose total is less than 20.
CLUE 6: A CROWDED SOUTH
For each coordinate, count how many Southern-hemisphere coordinates (latitudes written with S) appear on its page. Cross out every coordinate whose page holds three or more Southern coordinates.
CLUE 7: A FAR-EASTERN NEIGHBOR
For each coordinate, look at its page. Cross out every coordinate whose page contains no coordinate east of 100°E.
CLUE 8: THE PAGE THAT CLIMBS
For each coordinate, look at its page. Find the first coordinate printed on that page (top-left) and the last coordinate printed on that page (bottom-right). Cross out every coordinate whose page’s last entry is not farther north than its first entry.
CLUE 9: A COORDINATE TWICE OVER
For each coordinate, look at its page. A page carries an “echo” if some coordinate is printed at least twice on it, the exact same latitude and longitude appearing in two different places on the same page. Cross out every coordinate whose page carries no such repeated coordinate.
CLUE 10: THE SEVENS ON THE PAGE
For each coordinate, look at its page. Count how many coordinates on that page have a latitude ending in the digit 7 (that is, whose latitude’s last printed digit is 7). Cross out every coordinate whose page holds fewer than eleven such coordinates.
CLUE 11: THE PREVIOUS STEP RAN EAST
For each coordinate, look at the coordinate immediately before it in reading order (its predecessor). Cross out every coordinate whose predecessor lies at the same longitude or farther west. In other words, keep a coordinate only if its predecessor lies farther east than it.
CLUE 12: THE NEXT STEP
For each coordinate, look at the very next coordinate printed after it in reading order (the immediate successor). Cross out every coordinate whose successor lies more than 12 degrees of latitude north of it.
CLUE 13: A CAPITAL AMONG THE ROWS
Certain coordinates in the archive are the exact locations of capital cities (see Clara’s Atlas). Cross out every coordinate that does not have a capital-city coordinate within eight rows of it on the same page.
CLUE 14: A WONDER ON THE PAGE
Certain coordinates in the archive mark the Seven Wonders of the World (see Clara’s Atlas). Cross out every coordinate whose page contains none of the Seven Wonders coordinates.
CLUE 15: THE CLOSER CAPITAL
Cross out every coordinate that is closer to London than to Ljubljana (see Clara’s Atlas). Distance here means the sum of the latitude gap and the longitude gap.
CLUE 16: BETWEEN THE PYRAMIDS
Certain coordinates in the archive mark the Great Pyramid of Giza (see Clara’s Atlas), scattered throughout the book. Find the first Giza coordinate in reading order and the last Giza coordinate in reading order. Cross out every coordinate that comes before the first Giza or after the last Giza in reading order.
CLUE 17: A CHAPTER OF TWO WONDERS
Certain coordinates in the archive mark Petra and the Taj Mahal (see Clara’s Atlas). Cross out every coordinate whose chapter does not contain both of these two wonders somewhere within it.
CLUE 18: NEAR A HERITAGE SITE
Certain coordinates mark UNESCO World Heritage sites (see Clara’s Atlas). Cross out every coordinate whose page is not within three pages of a page bearing a UNESCO Heritage coordinate.
CLUE 19: THE NORTHERN BEACON
Somewhere in the archive, certain coordinates lie beyond 60°N (the far north). Cross out every coordinate whose page is not within four pages of a page that carries such a far-northern (beyond 60°N) coordinate.
CLUE 20: A COORDINATE NEAR THE EQUATOR
For each coordinate, examine the ten entries before it and the ten entries after it in the reading order. Cross out the coordinate if none of those twenty surrounding entries lies within 5° of the Equator.
CLUE 21: THE FACING PAGE LOOKS NORTH
For each coordinate, look at its facing page (the page opposite in the open book). Cross out every coordinate whose facing page holds more than 24 Southern-hemisphere coordinates.
CLUE 22: ACROSS THE FOLD
For each coordinate, look at the facing page and find the entry in the same row and column, its “mirror.” Cross out every coordinate whose mirror lies more than 8 degrees of latitude south of it.
CLUE 23: THE WESTERN EDGE
Among every coordinate that no clue has crossed out, the few that remain standing across all twenty-two clues, find the one lying farthest to the west; that is, the one with the smallest East longitude. That coordinate is the killer's.
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The Lottery Killer Volume 3 — Updates
No updated edition of The Lottery Killer Volume 3 is currently available. Your book is fully solvable using the clues included in your copy. If a Second Edition is released, full details will appear here.
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