I'm reminded of The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill, originally published in serial format. It's been a while since I read it, but despite his claims in the forward that whenever he got a letter claiming that so-and-so was the culprit, he'd add some twists to invalidate that suspect, until only one suspect was left, it reads like it was planned with a single solution in mind.
OTOH, despite Ryu's claim that he's had a single solution the whole time, I think he's been making it up as he goes along.
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