Post by Pete on Aug 9, 2017 3:17:30 GMT
If we imagine the New York of the late 30s, the customer could be a German agent contacting his cell contained within the American Bund. The last page ripped from a number of books could be a signal for a preordained meet between members to discuss a forthcoming sabotage operation. Not mentioned in the script, but a $20 receipt would be attached to the books to further authenticate the "message".
And it need not even be the Bund, but rather any secret organization.
And those silly guests on Author! Author! (and I) never even thought of it...Just to be clear: this is a puzzle without a "correct" solution, you're just daring people to come up with any answer that fits?
I don't object to this type of puzzle, but could you clearly indicate them as such.