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Motive Match
Four suspects, four motives, all shuffled. Drag or tap each motive onto the suspect it belongs to, then lock in who you think did it.
Case File · No. 1 of 5
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Confidential
The Country Club Caper
Beatrice Holloway, club president, found in the wine cellar.
Gerald Finch
Treasurer
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Willa Prescott
Head Chef
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Roland Vance
Golf Pro
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Edith Sharma
Events Coordinator
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Unassigned motives — tap or drag one
She'd discovered he was embezzling membership dues.
She was passed over for a promotion Beatrice promised her.
She was about to expose his affair with a member's spouse.
She blamed Beatrice for her husband losing his job at the club.
Who’s the murderer?
Match all 4 motives to unlock your guess
Craft notes
Motive is the load-bearing wall of a mystery
A suspect without a motive is just a name in a room. The moment you can say exactly why each person in your scene wants what they want, the scene starts writing its own tension — readers feel the pressure even before anyone acts on it.
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