“Uncle Kogoro,” Conan said in his innocent voice, “but if he hit himself with that heavy clock, his arm would have to be really long. And the blood spray is all wrong!”
But how did they lock the door from outside? Simple. The lock was clockwork. The killer wound a piece of fishing line around the internal bolt, shut the door, then pulled the line through the keyhole. A dab of vinegar dissolved a small ice plug holding the line in place, leaving no trace. conan detective episodes
The daughter, Mika, a brittle artist, sneered. “Don’t be crass, Koji. He died of a weak heart. Alone.” “Uncle Kogoro,” Conan said in his innocent voice,
The lawyer was killed in the dining room, not the study. After knocking him unconscious with the brass clock, the killer carried him into the study, locked the door from the inside using the clockwork bolt, then escaped through a hidden passage—the grandfather clock. The clock’s rear panel opened into a narrow service corridor. The lock was clockwork