The Cuckoo Clock

Tock & Sons, Clockmakers

The cuckoo popped out at noon, and so did the truth: a debt collector lay dead.

• JJasper Quincea stage magicianJasper was somewhere to the left of Ezra.
• EEzra Mouldthe clockmakerEzra was next to a bench.
• CClara Vossthe museum curatorClara was in column A.
• LLettie Frewthe seamstressLettie was next to a plant.
• WWalter Bascombethe booksellerWalter was in column H.
• DDesmond Ashbyan antiques dealerDesmond was sitting on a stool.
• MMonty Fenwickthe auctioneerMonty was next to a piano.

CASE NOTEExactly one suspect was sitting on a stool.