START
To start the game, divide all of the documents among the players. Read through them and share all of the information with the other players (or read it aloud, for instance).

The Police Report
The police report and map will be helpful to establish the what happened and when. In order to work out alibis, you'll first need to work out the exact time that Tarka was taken.

While you are gathering information write down any motives the suspects might have, you'll need to have a motive when you make your accusation or the police won't listen.

Can you rule out any suspects? By process of elimination, you should be able to identify the dognapper. The more information you collect, the more people you will be able to rule out – until you finally understand the whole story and can get Tarka back.

The Newsletter
This will give you some context on the show, some insight on what happened afterwards and generally help you get your bearings.

A TIP
During the course of the game, it will help you out to exchange documents among yourselves and read as many notes as you can. In addition, you should put documents together if you think they belong together.

This is a great place to start, and a good place to get your bearings. This piece will give you some context and provides a handy table to fill in as you progress through the game. Everyone seems to have an alibi but they can't all be telling the truth so let's see what you can prove.

This is exactly what we need to understand Tarka's journey. But where is the data for the dog tracker sensors?

The dog tracker data on the Police Report shows the time that each dog passed through a sensor. Follow the routes.

All the other dogs stayed in the building. Find the dog who left the building and you've found the time of the dognap.

Dog E left the kennels passing sensor F at 15.18 and left the building passing sensor AE at 15.19. As that was the only dog to leave the building, that must be Tarka!

Looks like Charlie thought he could cash in on Tarka's success. Shame it doesn't seem to have worked out for him.

I wonder how Charlie felt about being rejected like that.

Who's screenshots are these? Sounds like a dramatic afternoon for them!

Looks like the messages were sent right around the time of the dognap.

The local news were able to get there quickly. Looks like they arrived right after it all kicked off, they must be able to give a good insight.

Who's that arriving in the background of the news report?

Jade sounds pretty angry, who could she be emailing?

Looks like this person's made two people pretty upset. Why would anyone want to destroy Rex's Food?     

Jade doing what she does best, exposing any businesses who treat animals with anything but respect. I do hope she checked her sources.

That handwriting looks familiar.

Those dots look like braille - I've seen something similar somewhere else.

See if you can find the braille on another piece, some of the letters could be the same.

I wonder who sent the note? I know that logo.

When the braille is decoded it says, 'A NEW DOG WINS OR THE SPONSORSHIP ENDS' I wonder what that could mean. Only one person could care about retaining the dog show's sponsor.

What would anyone want a specimen for? And why would you need it BEFORE the briefing?

Who could be the recipient of this note? 

Pumpkin treats seem like an unusual preference for a dog! I wonder if that will help us work out who the note is for.

Take a look at the brochure, I'm sure that has some fun facts about the top dogs that might help.

Jade got given a keycard, that's very trusting.

It's a very limited list of people who get keycards.

If it's the competitors and award presenters who get a keycard, which of our suspects didn't have one?      

Looks like a lot of useful context in here. That podcast looks like a fun listen.

Give that QR code a go.

You need a passcode to listen! Typical. The coloured boxes must link to another piece. Where have you seen those colours before?

We've seen that braille before somewhere. What could it be used for?

Look at this piece next to the braille note, see what you can see.                                                                        

That's annoying that there are some missing scores. How will we ever know the result?

The colours of the scores look familiar, maybe it's something to do with the podcast.

Might need to use some maths for those final scores. The newsletter could be a good place to find out more about the scores.

We know from the letter that Cookie won by 3 clear points that should help.

The Newsletter shows that Cookie scored 10 for Presentation and Grooming and the letter states she won by 3 points. So the final scores are: Cookie - 45, Archie - 42, Pudding - 40. Match the colours on the podcast webpage to listen.

Maybe Jade will have some insights, could try giving her a call.

If only you could find the PIN for Jade's voicemail, gotta be something juicy in there.

Jade's famously not good at remembering PINs. She's the type to leave herself clues so she doesn't forget it, it must be on the flyer somewhere

Can you find the letters P I N anywhere? This is only the beginning...

P I and N are the first letters of the first bullet points, where could the actual number be?

The first letter of each bullet point in the yellow section spell: T W O then O N E then F O U R. The PIN is 214.

Mmmm coffee. That's a unique order!

Who's favourite drink is that?

Listen to the podcast to see who just loves a vanilla hazelnut oat milk latte. Does that help with the alibi?    

I recognise that voice.

Someone's come in looking for the specimen - where has that come up before?

What time were the voicemails left?

Someone's come into the office looking for a specimen. The post-it note must be what prompted this meeting, but who was that note for and who were the voices in the voicemail?

Looks like an exciting brand deal for someone.

They really like that Annette is the ONLY five-time champ.

I suppose Annette would lose more than just her record if Tarka was to win.