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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Hints

I can't get a close-up of the left hand! Holmes says he's missing something.

  • 1 of 7: That'll only be true if you didn't investigate a certain hotspot up in the warehouse earlier.
  • 2 of 7: Return there now and look around on the floor for something you missed.
  • 3 of 7: It's between the crate you got the lantern from and the other crate that you can (but don't have to) pry open.
  • 4 of 7: Click on the dirty spot on the floor to get a close-up of it.
  • 5 of 7: You can then click on the bloody hat pin to pick it up, and on the passport page to examine it and the bloody drawing that's on it.
  • 6 of 7: Now you can return to the sacrificial altar and examine the corpse's left hand.
  • 7 of 7: NOTE: If a mysterious noise comes from the cellar right after you get the items from the floor, ignore it -- it doesn't turn out to be anything at all.