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The Gallery Job

VOLUME 1 · Easy · 3 suspects · 6 clues

The story

Someone hit the Voss-Aldridge Gallery last night and walked out with the centerpiece of the summer exhibit. Three names, three ways in, three places the job went down. The job you’re solving went down at the Vault.

The suspects

Vinnie MoreauKnown associate. Fast hands, faster mouth.
Dolores SharpeNew in town. Nobody’s sure what she does.
Julian VossThe gallery owner’s nephew. Convenient.

The options

How they did it

  • Lock-Picking
  • Disguise
  • Inside Job

Where it went down

  • The Vault
  • The Gallery
  • The Penthouse

The clues

  1. Vinnie has never worn a disguise in his life — everyone in the city knows his face.
  2. The Gallery job was pulled off by someone in disguise.
  3. Whoever hit the Penthouse didn’t need to pick a single lock — they already had a key.
  4. Dolores has never gone anywhere near an inside job. She’s a stranger everywhere she works.
  5. A disguise has never fooled anyone who actually knows Julian.
  6. Julian’s never been much of a locksmith — that’s not his trade.

Your grid

Print this page or copy the grid: mark X to rule out, a check to confirm.

METHODLOCATION
Lock-PickingDisguiseInside JobThe VaultThe GalleryThe Penthouse
Vinnie Moreau
Dolores Sharpe
Julian Voss
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Who
Vinnie Moreau
How
Lock-Picking
Where
The Vault

Why it works. The key insight: clue 2 links a method straight to a location, so it anchors everything else. Once you know the Gallery job used a disguise, clues 1 and 5 squeeze the disguise down to one suspect, and the rest falls out by elimination.

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