CosyKiller: Virginia Steele Box Two
Just a short addendum to the notes on Episode One -- slightly less content this box "only" ten letters, five government documents, two postcards, one telegram, and a partridge in a pear tree, I mean, a photocopy of a newspaper article.
Two ciphers this time, but they are meaty ones -- one of these was foreshadowed in box one (and is a perfect example of the CosyKiller interpretation of Chekov's Gun). The second is one of my all-time favourite ciphers, I call it the telegram cipher because the hook into solving it for me is a telegram always ends with STOP and this typically repeats a couple of times thus giving one a start point. I always work through these by hand instead of using any internet solver, because it's just such a blast to piece together.
Strong narrative once more, developing the story a little more -- this time it's not just the voice of the eponymous Virginia Steele we hear, but a parallel narrative is developed by another character, which was only touched on lightly at the end of box one.
Two ciphers this time, but they are meaty ones -- one of these was foreshadowed in box one (and is a perfect example of the CosyKiller interpretation of Chekov's Gun). The second is one of my all-time favourite ciphers, I call it the telegram cipher because the hook into solving it for me is a telegram always ends with STOP and this typically repeats a couple of times thus giving one a start point. I always work through these by hand instead of using any internet solver, because it's just such a blast to piece together.
Strong narrative once more, developing the story a little more -- this time it's not just the voice of the eponymous Virginia Steele we hear, but a parallel narrative is developed by another character, which was only touched on lightly at the end of box one.
(OK, OK, I know I said "short addendum", but....)
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