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Every Confessd case, spoiler-free: where it happened, what happened and who is in the room. Who lied, you find out by playing.
The judges' tent, white felt on the walls, the festival drums muffled outside.
Naadam Festival, steppe south of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2:32 pm. In the archery final, the bow of Ganbold, three-time champion, snapped on the first shot.
Enkhbat DorjMaster bowyer, 63
Munkh-Ochir BatRunner-up archer, 28
Solongo TsogtHead archery judge, 55
The expedition's mess tent, yellow canvas snapping in the wind, butter tea steaming on the folding table.
Everest Base Camp, Nepal, 5,364 meters, 5:40 am. Henrik Dahl, a 51-year-old Norwegian climber, was found dead in his tent, the oxygen mask still on his face.
Pemba Nuru SherpaThe expedition's Sherpa guide, 38
Solveig BrandtHenrik's partner in the expedition, 46
Anselm WeberCamp doctor, 58
Meeting room on the 71st floor, glass walls, the lights of Dubai far below.
Burj Al Samaa Hotel, Dubai, suite 7101, on the 71st floor, 9:50 pm. Falconer Faisal Al Nuaimi raised the alarm: Thalj, the champion white gyrfalcon of Sheikh Rashed Al Kaabi, has vanished from his perch.
Faisal Al NuaimiSheikh Rashed's falconer, 38
Mansour Al HamliRival sheikh, owner of racing falcons, 55
Tariq HaddadThe hotel's chief concierge, Lebanese, 46
The village temple's open pavilion, straw mats, flower offerings and the gamelan fallen silent.
Arsana Workshop, at the edge of the rice terraces of Ubud, Bali, 9:15 pm. I Ketut Arsana, a 68-year-old goldsmith, was found lying by the anvil with a blow to the head.
Hendra WijayaJewelry gallery owner, 52
Komang AdiGoldsmith's apprentice, 22
Ni Putu AyuTemple dancer, 24
The hotel's heated reception, log walls, a fire burning, the white blizzard on the other side of the glass.
Lumilinna Ice Hotel, Finnish Lapland, 7:40 am. Rasmus Dahl, a Dane sent by the chain that was about to buy the hotel, was found dead at 7:05 am in ice suite 7.
Kerttu HalonenHotel sculptor, 46
Paavo KinnunenNight shift receptionist, 38
Ánde MaggaSámi reindeer sled guide, 29