Missing Silver at the Minster Gate

≈ 6 min

The Gravenholme Regatta Association holds its annual prize-giving ceremony in the Chapter House of Gravenholme Cathedral every winter. This year, the silver Challenge Trophy — weighed and photographed at the close registrar's table at 14:00 — was found absent from the display cabinet when the ceremony was due to begin at 17:30. No exterior doors were forced. Your task is to profile the behaviour of whoever took the trophy, not to name them.

The scene

Gravenholme Cathedral Close, a walled ecclesiastical precinct in midwinter

In the file

Deacon Fiona Aldrich — Cathedral close officer, present from 13:30 to 16:00
Regatta Secretary Clive Morrow — Responsible for weigh-in, present 13:45–14:20
Canon Harriet Boyle — Chapter House keyholder, office adjacent to south cloister
Cathedral guide Piet Vanderberg — On duty in the nave from 14:00 to 17:00
Verger Thomas Osei — Carried out afternoon round of the close at 15:30

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This case first aired on July 27, 2026. A fresh profile runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.

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