The Grey Lady Takes a Bow

Victorian London · case 26 of 50 · Hard · 4×5
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For six weeks a grey lady has drifted along the Royal Opera's upper circle during the last act, and the audience has fled before the final curtain. The lease comes up for sale on Monday, and so far there is only one bidder: a young banker who does not believe in ghosts.

Adacritic
Beausher
Calbanker
Devbanker
Ezrasoprano
Freyastagehand
Guspie seller
Hanapie seller
Irissoprano
Joancritic
Kirasoprano
Lenacritic
Mabelpie seller
Nicosoprano
Ottostagehand
Percybanker
Quentinusher
Rufusstagehand
Sadieusher
Tariqbanker

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Victorian London: case 26

This Hard case seats 20 suspects on a 4×5 grid. 15 of them carry a clue; the other 5 only have something to say about themselves. 4 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 26 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 25: Three Bricks and The Times · Case 27: The Channel That Moved a Cable's Length →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1AdacriticScholar
B1BeausherServant
C1CalbankerMerchant
D1DevbankerMerchant
A2EzrasopranoArtist
B2FreyastagehandLaborer
C2Guspie sellerCook
D2Hanapie sellerCook
A3IrissopranoArtist
B3JoancriticScholar
C3KirasopranoArtist
D3LenacriticScholar
A4Mabelpie sellerCook
B4NicosopranoArtist
C4OttostagehandLaborer
D4PercybankerMerchant
A5QuentinusherServant
B5RufusstagehandLaborer
C5SadieusherServant
D5TariqbankerMerchant

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