Grandpa’s New Friend

Walter has met someone. She’s warm, she’s funny, and lately she needs a little help with money. Read his phone and work out who is really on the other end before the savings are gone.

A romance scam mystery. No murder, but plenty of people with something to hide.

How you play it

• Read anything on the phone. Its clock moves on as you read, and new messages keep arriving.
• When you think you know, accuse. You get one chance, and the earlier you’re right, the more you score.
• Right? The rest of the story plays out, then you prove it with five questions.

This page is spoiler-free. Everything on it is what you see before you turn the phone on.