Here's the game: Whodunit?

Cadence MackArthur, the president of fictional Theopolis College has been bludgeoned to death in her home after hosting a party for ten distinguished alumni, all of whom are now suspects. You are a homicide detective assigned to investigate the suspect “Rachel Behar.” Examining Rachel's computer, you notice some email exchanges with one Baruch “Bobby” Berkowitz.

Berkowitz is ostensibly an Israeli expat residing in New York City who owns and operates a wine importing business, Lamed Heh. When you check his visa status, a flag from the State Department indicates Berkowitz is actually an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret police. But is he spying on Rachel, who is what she appears to be, or is he “running” Rachel as her handler, and is she actually a double agent for the Israeli government? Such spying is not unprecedented: In 1987 Jonathan Pollard, an American who was caught spying for Israel, pleaded guilty, and is serving a life sentence at a federal penitentiary in Butner, North Carolina. He is eligible for parole in 2015.

You learn that Rachel and Bobby were both raised on Kibbutz Kfar Etzion. Rachel develops sympathies for the Palestinians, while Bobby staunchly defends Israeli settlement policies. Before Bobby joined Mossad, he was an officer in the Israeli Army. Did Bobby and Rachel have contact when she was working on drought-resistant plants in the Negev?

When you go to New York to interview Berkowitz in person, you learn that he showed up dead in the trunk of his car, shot execution-style. Professional hit. Bobby was murdered before Cadence, so his alibi for her murder seems airtight. When you ask why the paperwork at the State Department did not reveal the death, you are told that it was classified info. The trip to New York was not a waste--the spooks are going to give you access to Bobby's computer, and are taking you to dinner at Peter Luger's. Unfortunately, they cannot talk about Bobby.

Is there a link between Bobby's murder and that of Cadence MackArthur? Is Rachel the link? All you have to go on is Bobby’s public website, http://lseagull.wix.com/lamed-heh, Bobby’s public postings on Facebook and Twitter, and, since you have Bobby’s computer, his emails to Rachel. Can you link the deaths of Bobby and Cadence? Can you find evidence of a motive for Rachel? Good luck.