Nightingale Drops, as Taken by Nobody

Victorian London · case 29 of 50 · Evil · 5×5
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Every chemist in London sells Signora Bellini's Nightingale Drops, 'as taken by the great sopranos of the Royal Opera'. Not one soprano of the Royal Opera has ever taken them, and a bottle has just been analysed: burnt sugar, peppermint and gin.

Arlomessenger
Basiltheatre manager
Calbanker
Dinaapothecary
Esmecritic
Felixticket tout
Guspie seller
Hugoticket tout
Idrisbanker
Joancritic
Kurtticket tout
Leomessenger
Mabelpie seller
Nedmessenger
Omartheatre manager
Percybanker
Queeniepie seller
Rajcritic
Sukitheatre manager
Tariqbanker
Umaapothecary
Veraticket tout
Waltapothecary
Xaviercritic
Yusufmessenger

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Victorian London: case 29

This Evil case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 20 of them carry a clue; the other 5 only have something to say about themselves. 6 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 29 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 28: The Mayfair House in the Tombola · Case 30: Forty Chests Ahead of the Ariadne →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1ArlomessengerCourier
B1Basiltheatre managerOfficial
C1CalbankerMerchant
D1DinaapothecaryHealer
E1EsmecriticScholar
A2Felixticket toutRogue
B2Guspie sellerCook
C2Hugoticket toutRogue
D2IdrisbankerMerchant
E2JoancriticScholar
A3Kurtticket toutRogue
B3LeomessengerCourier
C3Mabelpie sellerCook
D3NedmessengerCourier
E3Omartheatre managerOfficial
A4PercybankerMerchant
B4Queeniepie sellerCook
C4RajcriticScholar
D4Sukitheatre managerOfficial
E4TariqbankerMerchant
A5UmaapothecaryHealer
B5Veraticket toutRogue
C5WaltapothecaryHealer
D5XaviercriticScholar
E5YusufmessengerCourier

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