Sherlock Holmes questioned Mr Taylor, a suspect in his latest murder case, at his one-storey house. Mr Taylor claimed to have been upstairs reading at the time his next door neighbour was murdered.How did Holmes know the suspect's alibi was a lie?
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Answer to previous riddle: The people on the boat were all married.

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