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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 study of the colonial bungalow, the ceiling fan still, monsoon rain drumming on the shutters.
Chandmari Estate, on the slopes of Darjeeling, India, 5:45 pm. Mahendra Pradhan, 78, owner of the plantation, collapsed from his wicker chair on the veranda at 5:15 pm, ten minutes after five o'clock tea.
Bikram ThapaEstate manager, 56
Subir GhoshTea taster, 44
Leela PradhanMahendra's granddaughter, over from London, 26
The museum's meeting room, shelves of catalogued bones, a Triceratops skeleton peeking through the glass door.
Rockies Museum of Paleontology, Bozeman, Montana, 10:40 pm. Paleontologist Harriet Sloan tapped her fingers on the juvenile Tyrannosaurus skull nicknamed Mabel and heard a hollow sound. It was painted plaster.
Harriet SloanPaleontologist and curator, 46
Ambrose WhitfieldRancher and donor of the fossil, 71
Lyle BrandtFossil preparator, 52
The tugboat's wheelhouse, stopped in the lock, the engine purring and the humid heat pouring in through the windows.
Tugboat Chagres, Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal, 4:05 pm. At the customs check, the cargo cabin was locked, but the steel case was gone.
Rolando QuinteroTugboat deckhand, 29
Eliécer BatistaCanal pilot, 58
Yaritza CastilloCustoms agent, 35
The workshop's front room, wooden looms standing still, colorful skeins on the shelves, a ceiling fan turning slowly.
Owusu kente workshop, Kumasi, Ghana, 9:40 pm. The cloth commissioned by Manhyia Palace for Sunday's festival has vanished from the chest in the finishing room.
Kwabena OwusuMaster weaver, 61
Adwoa MensahFashion designer, 34
Rupert HaleTextile buyer from London, 48
The back room of the market office, fluorescent light, a smell of hot oil and stacked styrofoam boxes.
Raohe Night Market, Taipei, 11:55 pm. Lin Wen-hao, 71, the Master Lin of the award-winning dumplings, collapsed behind the steamers of his own stall and died on the way to the hospital.
Tsai Shu-fenStinky tofu vendor, stall neighbor, 49
Lin Po-hanLin's nephew and helper, 22
Kao Jun-weiFood critic, 55