THE POLICE

Inspector Robins, from Scotland Yard is at Mrs. Sovin’s House.

THE VICTIM

Mrs. Sovin is dead. Somebody has killed her, cutting her throat with a knife.

THE MONEY

They have also stolen all her money and jewelleries

Mrs. Sovin was very rich, but miserable, very miserable. Somebody knew
that. Somebody knew where her money and jewels were. That person has
killed her, and stolen everything.
Mrs. Sovin had been alone in the house all morning.
Only four people had keys to the house :

THE SUSPECTS

Joanna, James, Stanley, Peter,

the maid the gardener the nephew the chauffeur

THEIR ALIBI

Joanna said she had gone to London because of her aunt’s illness. She took the nine
o’clock train.
James, the gardener, had stayed in his house, because it was his free day.
Stanley, Mrs. Sovin’s nephew had been to university because he had a lesson there.
Peter, the chauffeur, had gone to the theatre to buy some tickets for poor Mrs. Sovin.

Explain how do you think the murder happened, who did it and why.

Examples:
He/she must have killed Mrs. Sovin because…..
He/she could/might/can’t have killed her because….