Case 0002 · October 17, 2026
Closing Night at the Lang Gallery
A room full of witnesses. A staircase nobody was watching.
The briefing
On the closing night of his autumn exhibition, gallery owner Victor Lang was found at the foot of the gallery's spiral staircase at 21:14. Sixty guests were downstairs drinking champagne, and nobody saw him fall.
The rest of the briefing is waiting in the case file.
The victim
Victor Lang, age 62Gallery ownerVictor built the Lang Gallery from a single rented room into the most talked-about gallery in the city. He was charming in public, ruthless in business, and lately convinced that someone was selling fakes under his name.
The suspects
Julian LangArchitect · Son
Clara VossPainter · Former gallery artist
Priya RamanGallery manager · Employee of eight years
Tomas BergArt critic · Rival and critic
How to play this case
- DifficultyMedium (3/5)
- The suspects4
- TimeAbout ten minutes
4 suspects and 12 pieces of evidence wait in the file. Sweep your flashlight across the scene, listen to every voiced statement and pin what doesn't add up. You have three accusations to name the killer, the method and the motive; after that, the morning paper tells the whole story.
Can you name the killer, the method and the motive?
No spoilers here: the statements, the evidence and the solution stay inside the case file.