L'Neuvieme: A 9-Card Chase

The notorious thief L’Neuvieme has just committed their latest dastardly crime! Police tracked them to the small town of Nonaville, but the trail went cold there. As the world’s foremost private detective, you have been called in to track L’Neuvieme down and put them behind bars. L'Neuvieme is a solitaire hidden movement and deduction game that can be played entirely in-hand. Over the course of nine turns, you will move around the quiet town of Nonaville, and receive clues as to L'Neuvieme's movement. However, some of these clues may be misleading, so you will have to use all of your deductive skills to pin down where L'Neuvieme is hiding. At any turn, you can attempt to corner L'Neuvieme if you are confident you have found them. However, for each incorrect attempt you make, your score will decrease, and if you fail to successfully corner L'Neuvieme by the end of the ninth turn, they will evade you for good! L'Neuvieme features 12 scenarios, and a number of optional modular variants, that add plenty of replay value to this quick game of cat-and-mouse. Do you have what it takes to send L'Neuvieme back to prison?