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Message from the Dead

A dead journalist's phone sends one final warning

★★★Medium~35 min9 questions17 apps on the phoneAge 16+

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09:41

Adrian Cross

Hi, I’m the editor of the Northbank Ledger. I need someone discreet.

What happened?

Eight months ago, one of my reporters died in a car crash. Nina Vale.

This morning her old work phone arrived at my office. The police believed it burned in the crash.

At 09:17, a message was sent to me from Nina’s account: 'If you're reading this, someone opened Bellwether. I know who killed me.'

What is Bellwether?

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The brief

The journalist has been dead for eight months. This morning her phone sent a message. Her editor swears she never told him what she was chasing, but the drafts, the photographs and the calls on this handset say she never stopped. Find out what she had. Then decide who it was meant for.

Your first question · Question 1 of 9

Who owned this phone?

On this phone

Every app opens. Any of them can hold the detail that breaks the case.