The Temperance Meeting on the Orpheus

Victorian London · case 39 of 50 · Nightmare · 5×5
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Every Saturday night the excursion steamer Orpheus anchors mid-river off Greenwich, and three young heirs have lost their estates aboard her at roulette. The river police have raided her four times. Each time they found a temperance meeting, singing hymns.

Adanavigator
Beasteward
Caltea merchant
Devtea merchant
Esmenavigator
Freyadocker
Gustavern cook
Hanatavern cook
Ivandocker
Junoriver pilot
Kofisteward
Lionelshipowner
Mabeltavern cook
Nedriver pilot
Oliveshipowner
Percytea merchant
Quentinsteward
Rajnavigator
Sadiesteward
Tessriver pilot
Ugoriver pilot
Victorshipowner
Wrendocker
Xaviernavigator
Yvetteshipowner

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Victorian London: case 39

This Nightmare case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 21 of them carry a clue; the other 4 only have something to say about themselves. 9 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 39 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 38: Forty-Two Watches in the Crush · Case 40: Five Moons over Belgravia →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1AdanavigatorScholar
B1BeastewardServant
C1Caltea merchantMerchant
D1Devtea merchantMerchant
E1EsmenavigatorScholar
A2FreyadockerLaborer
B2Gustavern cookCook
C2Hanatavern cookCook
D2IvandockerLaborer
E2Junoriver pilotCourier
A3KofistewardServant
B3LionelshipownerNoble
C3Mabeltavern cookCook
D3Nedriver pilotCourier
E3OliveshipownerNoble
A4Percytea merchantMerchant
B4QuentinstewardServant
C4RajnavigatorScholar
D4SadiestewardServant
E4Tessriver pilotCourier
A5Ugoriver pilotCourier
B5VictorshipownerNoble
C5WrendockerLaborer
D5XaviernavigatorScholar
E5YvetteshipownerNoble

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