Case 0004 · October 19, 2026
Coffee at the Kandilli Yalı
A storm over the Bosphorus. A family dinner. One cup of coffee that was never finished.
The briefing
Nermin Saydam had lived in her family's wooden yalı on the Bosphorus shore in Kandilli for fifty years, and she had refused every offer to sell it. On Saturday night, after a stormy family dinner, she was found in her sitting room at 23:10.
The rest of the briefing is waiting in the case file.
The victim
Nermin Saydam, age 74Retired pianistNermin taught piano to half of Kandilli and still played every evening by the window. Every night at half past ten she drank one small Turkish coffee, no sugar, while she wrote in her diary.
The suspects
Kemal SaydamArchitect · Son
Selin SaydamCellist · Granddaughter
Ayşe DemirLive-in caregiver
Murat AksoyProperty developer · Neighbour
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.